Thk  University  Bulletins 


FIFTEENTH  SKIIS:  No.  2—  PART 


PAM. 

ME>.  Mil#. 

University  of  Pennsylvania 


(Hljurrh  Work 

conducted  by  the 

(Christian  Association 


Required  Chapel  Re-established 

Denominational  Church  Representatives 
Fraternity  Bible  Classes 

“Billy”  Sunday  at  the  University 

The  University  Settlement  oE  Philadelphia 
The  University  Summer  Camp 

Religious  Teams  in  Near-by  Towns 
University  Medical  Work  in  China 
Pennsylvania  Foreign  Missionaries 
Foreign  Students  at  Pennsylvania 


"More  things  are  wrought  by  prayer  than  the  world  dreams  of. ''—Tennyson 


PHILADELPHIA 
Published  by  the  University 

December,  1914— Bi-monthly 

Entered  at  the  Philadelphia , Pa.,  Post-Oflice  as  Second-Class  Matter 


Christian  Association  Officers,  1914-1915 


President, 

J.  C.  Patterson,  ’15  M.  E. 


Vice-Presidents, 

Medical 

Dental  

Law  

Veterinary  

Graduate  

Wharton  

Arts  

Architecture  

Mechanical  Engineering 

Civil  Engineering  

Chemistry  

Electrical  Engineering 


A.  J.  Goodwin,  ’15 
P.  B.  Camp,  ’16 
J.  J.  Guenther,  ’15 
J.  A.  Webb,  ’15 
C.  E.  Sweitzer 
R.  H.  Wallace,  Jr.,  ’15 
Henry  Lewis,  Jr-,  ’15 
G.  M.  Lewis,  ’16 
O.  Shoemaker,  ’15 
,C.  R.  Hughes,  ’15 
J.  P.  E.  Price,  ’15 
,W.  R.  Maull,  ’15 


General 

Bible  Study  and  Presbyterian 

Episcopal 

Fraternities 

Social  Service 

Foreign  Students 

Methodist 

Business  and  Lutheran 

Baptist 

Foreign  Missions 

Settlement  Headworker 


Secretaries. 

T.  S.  Evans 

M.  W.  Lampe,  Ph.D. 

Henry  Lewis,  Jr. 

R.  H.  Wallace,  Jr. 

Dana  G.  How 

A.  W.  Stevenson 

O.  S.  Duffield  and  J.  C.  Patterson 

P.  L.  Schwekt 

S.  P.  Davies 

W.  H.  Tefferys,  M.D 

Helen  S.  Knowles 


Board  of  Directors, 

Term  expiring  in  Spring  of  1915. 

Mr.  Edward  C.  Wood  Mr.  Henry  H.  Bonnell 

Rev.  Oliver  Huckel,  S.T.D.  Dr.  Howard  K.  Hill 

Mr.  Charles  S.  Walton  Mr.  George  Wharton  Pepper 

Mr.  T.  C.  Hunter 

Term  expiring  in  Spring  of  1916. 

Mr.  Howard  W.  Page  Provost  E.  F.  Smith,  Sc.D.,  LL.D. 

Mr.  Samuel  F.  Houston  Rev.  Floyd  W.  Tomkins,  S.T.D. 

Mr.  Shippen  Lewis  Mr.  Thomas  L.  Latta 

Mr.  Benj.  West  Frazier,  Treasurer. 

Term  expiring  in  Spring  of  1917. 

Mr.  Marshall  S.  Morgan,  Chairman  Mr.  Walter  H.  Thomas 

Mr.  Paul  Thompson  Rev.  George  D.  Adams,  D.D. 

Rev.  Joseph  W.  Cochran,  D.D.  Mr.  Henry  H.  Collins,  Jr. 

Mr.  Frank  M.  Riter 


Address,  Howard  Houston  Hall 
West  Philadelphia,  Pa. 


PENNSYLVANIA  AT  EACLESMERE 

RELIGIOUS  activities  among  the  students  of  a great  American 
University  have  certain  more  or  less  unique  features,  but  funda- 
damentally  they  are  the  same  in  essence  as  the  work  of  the  Chris- 
tian Church  in  any  other  field.  The  majority  of  the  young  men  and 
young  women  who  attend  these  Universities  are  already  members  of  the 
Church  in  some  one  of  its  various  divisions. 

Worship,  thought,  moral  standards  and  service  are  characteristics 
of  student  Christian  life,  as  well  as  of  other  forms  of  Church  work 
among  young  men  or  young  women. 

This  publication  is  an  effort  to  compile  the  facts  of  a year  at  the 
University  of  Pennsylvania,  together  with  conclusions  and  suggestions 
based  on  these  statistics  and  upon  a wealth  of  experience  secured  at  Inter- 
collegiate Conferences  from  other  institutions  around  the  world. 

All  student  Christian  work  is  Church  work,  whether  it  bears  a de- 
nomination label  and  is  carried  on  in  a church  building  or  whether  it  bears 
some  union  name  and  is  conducted  in  University  buildings  or  in  a special 
Chapel — the  workers  are  Churchmen,  the  funds  come  from  Church  people 
and  the  final  organization  back  of  it  all  is  the  Church  in  many  or  all  of 
its  divisions. 

Isolated  University  Chapel  exercises,  which  do  not  have  some  vital 
relationship  with  the  Church  are  more  and  more  of  a problem  to  the 
University  authorities  or  to  the  student  organizations  which  are  responsi- 
ble for  them. 

The  Lord  Jesus  Christ  seems  to  have  planted  a vital  organism  when 
He  established  the  Christian  Church,  nor  has  there  arisen  as  yet  any  sub- 
stitute which  promises  permanent  spiritual  vitality. 


All  of  the  activities,  therefore,  described  on  the  following  pages, 
whether  they  be  in  the  Churches,  in  the  University  buildings,  at  the  Set- 
tlement, in  Camp  or  in  Asia,  are  understood  to  be  the  work  of  Jesus 
Christ  and  His  Church,  expressed  through  His  representatives, assembled 
for  purposes  of  unity  under  the  general  name  of  the  Christian  Asso- 
ciation. 


PROVOST  EDGAR  F.  SMITH,  SC.D.,  LL.D. 

THE  CENTRAL  FIGURE  IN  THE  RELIGIOUS  WORK  01  THE  UNIVERSITY 


Chapel 

Chapel  exercises  at  Pennsylvania  are  as  old  as  the  institution. 

The  Provost  and  Vice-Provost  enthusiastically  support  the  required 
position  with  respect  to  a daily  religious  exercise. 

During  this  past  year  the  Chapel  Committee  of  the  Christian  Asso- 
ciation, under  the  leadership  of  R.  M.  Marshall,  ’14  C,  circulated  the  fol- 
lowing petition,  which  was  signed  by  a majority  of  the  leading  under- 
graduates : 

“Whereas,  The  undersigned  undergraduates  of  the  University  of  Penn- 
sylvania feel  the  need  of  Compulsory  Chapel  at  least  twice  each  week  in  order 
to  develop  the  religious  life  of  the  students  and  to  deepen  Pennsylvania  spirit, 

“ Therefore  be  it  resolved.  That  we  herewith  petition  the  Provost  to 
have  the  roster  of  each  class  so  arranged  that  the  members  thereof  may  be 
required  to  attend  Chapel  at  twelve  o’clock  one  day  each  week,  as  follows : 
Mondays,  Freshmen;  Tuesdays,  Sophomores;  Wednesdays,  Juniors;  Thursdays, 
Seniors,  and  Fridays,  a general  convocation  of  the  entire  college. 

“Be  it  further  resolved.  That  students  of  faiths  which  conflict  with  this 
plan  shall  be  excused  from  attendance,  and  that  the  above  ruling  shall  per- 
tain only  to  the  College,  Wharton  School  and  Towne  Scientific  School 
students.” 

The  Dental  students  also  signed  the  following  petition: 

“We,  the  Dental  Students  of  the  University  of  Pennsylvania,  herewith 
petition  the  Provost  of  the  University  to  arrange  for  a required  Chapel 
Service,  to  be  held  in  the  Dental  Building  once  each  week,  beginning 
with  the  next  Academic  year,  it  being  understood  that  no  student  will  be 
expected  to  attend  who  has  conscientious  scruples  against  this  sort  of  religious 
exercise.” 


REQUIRED  CHAPEL  RE-ESTABLISHED 

Provost  Smith  and  the  Religious  Committee  of  the  Board  of  Trus- 
tees have  responded  favorably  to  these  petitions,  and  have  incorporated 
Daily  Chapel  as  a regular  required  University  exercise.  This  means  that 
attendance  upon  Chapel  for  the  College,  Towne  Scientific,  Wharton  and 
Dental  Schools  is  required,  unless  the  individual  student  is  personally 
excused  by  the  Provost.  This  places  many  of  the  students  under  the 
direct  influence  of  the  head  of  the  institution.  The  Christian  Association 
continues  to  arrange  the  details  of  the  Chapel  exercises,  including  the 
program,  music  and  other  executive  matters. 

No  greater  influence  could  be  set  in  motion  within  the  University 
community  than  the  assembly  of  each  class  and  of  the  entire  University 
once  a week  in  the  Gymnasium  at  high  noon,  under  the  inspiring  leader- 


ship  of  the  Provost,  who  always  conducts  the  devotional  exercises.  All 
spirit  descends  from  above,  and  is  awakened  in  human  hearts  through 
contact  with  the  Infinite,  and  “University  Spirit”  is  no  exception  to  this 
rule.  Henceforth,  “Pennsylvania  Spirit”  will  be  a greater  force  and  will 
have  its  rise  in  the  weekly  Chapel  exercises.  This  Chapel  arrangement 
seems  to  be  a happy  experiment  in  a very  perplexing  field  of  student 
religious  work.  No  educational  institution  in  a Christian  land  can  afford 
to  ignore  the  devotional  element  in  its  formal  institutional  life,  while  on 
the  other  hand  no  devotional  exercise  can  succeed  without  the  voluntary 
element  of  student  initiative. 


A BILLY  SUNDAY  MEETING 


EXPERIENCE  WITH  VOLUNTARY  CHAPEL 

During  the  last  college  generation  the  University  authorities  relaxed 
the  strict  enforcement  of  the  required  Chapel  rule.  During  the  past  year 
voluntary  Chapel  was  held  in  Houston  Hall  each  weekday  morning  from 
8.30  to  8.50  o’clock  until  March  1,  1914.  The  average  attendance  for  this 
period  was  51  daily.  From  March  1 to  June  1 the  hour  was  changed  to 
12  o’clock  daily,  except  Saturday,  and  the  average  attendance  was  41 
daily. 

The  leaders  of  Chapel  during  the  year  were  members  of  the  Faculty, 
ministers  and  other  Christian  workers.  The  order  of  exercises  was : 

Opening  Hymn. 

Scripture  and  ten-minute  address. 

Quartette  or  Solo. 

Student  Announcements. 

Prayer  and  Benediction. 

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SUNDAY  MORNING  CHAPEL 

This  exercise  is  of  comparatively  recent  origin  at  Pennsylvania,  and 
supplies  a need  for  general  religious  worship  under  the  direct  auspices 
of  the  University  itself.  This  service  is  voluntary  and  is  approved  by  the 
city  Churches  and  ministers  as  providing  a means  of  reaching  students 
who  will  not  attend  the  city  Churches.  The  speakers  last  year  were  as 
follows : 

Sept.  28 — Prof.  J.  M.  MacFarlane,  Ph.  D.,  LL.  D. 

Oct.  5 — Mr.  George  Irving. 

Oct.  12 — Mr.  Charles  Stelzle. 

Oct.  19 — Robert  E.  Speer,  D.  D. 

Oct.  26 — Rt.  Rev.  William  A.  Guerry,  D.  D.,  LL.  D. 

Nov.  2 — Mr.  G.  Sherwood  Eddy. 

Nov.  9 — Prof.  Isaac  T.  Headland,  Ph.  D. 

Nov.  16— Wilfred  T.  Grenfell,  M.  D. 

Nov.  23 — Prof.  Norman  E.  Richardson,  Ph.  D. 

Dec.  7 — Rev.  Francis  E.  Higgins. 

Dec.  14 — Rev.  J.  W.  Cochran,  D.  D. 

1914 

Jan.  11 — W.  D.  Weatherford,  Ph.  D. 

Jan.  18 — Rev.  John  McDowell. 

Jan.  25— Rev.  Wm.  C.  Richardson,  S.  T.  D. 

Feb.  1 — Arthur  Holmes,  Ph.  D. 

Feb.  8 — Mr.  Dan  Crawford. 

Feb.  15 — Rev.  G.  A.  Johnston  Ross. 

Feb.  22 — Rev.  John  Timothy  Stone,  D.  D 
Mar.  1 — Mr.  Arthur  Rugh. 

Mar.  8 — Mr.  A.  C.  Harte. 

Mar.  15— Mr.  Abram  E.  Cory. 

Mar.  22 — Rev.  Oliver  Huckel,  S.  T.  D. 

Mar.  29 — Rev.  Wilford  S.  Robbins,  D.  D. 

Apr.  5 — Rev.  Hugh  Black,  D.  D. 

Apr.  26 — Prof.  Edward  A.  Steiner,  Ph.  D. 

May  3 — Bishop  Francis  J.  McConnell,  D.  D. 

May  10 — Rev.  Floyd  W.  Tomkins,  S.  T.  D. 

May  17 — Rev.  J.  C.  Robbins. 

May  24 — Wm.  H.  Jefferys,  M.  D. 

May  31 — J.  R.  Hart  and  D.  S.  Hanchett. 

The  average  attendance  was  298.  The  music  was  in  charge  of  Mr. 
W.  O.  Miller,  with  quartette  and  organist,  as  follows : 


First  Tenor Dr.  M.  J.  Lick. 

Second  Tenor R.  G.  Morris,  ’14  D. 

First  Base W.  O.  Miller. 

Second  Base ,E.  L.  Clemens,  ’17  M. 

Assistants .T.  S.  Martin,  R.  H.  Haskins,  C.  A.  Bahney. 

Organists Dr.  H.  A.  Clarke,  W.  B.  Tourtelotte,  Dr.  G.  D. 

Hadzits,  H.  D.  Birchard,  L.  W.  Joy. 


A UNITED  CHURCH  BUILDING  OR  CHAPEL 

There  are  two  methods  which  the  Church  may  use  in  reaching  its 
own  students  within  a University  for  public  worship — one  is  to  secure 
the  attendance  of  students  upon  the  regular  Church  exercises  in  the 
Church  buildings  of  the  city ; another  is  to  erect  a united  Church  building 
on  the  Campus  of  the  University  and  conduct  religious  exercises  in  this 
central  building  according  to  the  various  forms  of  worship. 

Both  of  these  methods  have  positive  and  self-evident  advantages. 
The  first  provides  normal  Church  life  for  the  students  who  attend,  while 
the  second  gets  more  students  by  carrying  religion  into  their  own  com- 
munity. 

The  best  plan  would  seem  to  be  a combination  of  both  methods  by 
making  the  local  city  Churches  the  centre  and  ultimate  goal  of  public 
worship,  while  the  united  Church  building  or  Chapel  would  attract  the 
half-interested  Church  member  and  capture  the  non-Christian  student 
for  Christianity  and  the  Church. 

At  Pennsylvania  this  method  means  a united  service  on  Sunday 
mornings,  with  a special  effort  to  get  the  students  to  the  city  Churches 
on  Sunday  evenings. 


SCENE  AT  UNIVERSITY  CAMP 


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OFFICE  OF  THE  PROVOST 


November  1st,  1914. 

The  greatest  present  religious 
need  of  the  University  of  Pennsylvania 
is  a Chapel  building  which  would  ac- 
commodate the  entire  student  body  and 
would  provide  an  adequate  center  for 
Church  activities  within  the  Univer- 
sity under  the  executive  management  of 
the  Christian  Association.  Such  a 
building  would  conserve  the  wonderful 
unity  which  now  exists  in  all  depart- 
ments of  the  religious  and  social  work 
of  the  University. 

( S igned ) 


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Religious  Statistics  of  the  University  of  Pennsylvania 

1913-1914 

The  following  figures  are  compiled  from  the  matriculation  blanks 
and  are  a comparatively  complete  record  for  the  present  Junior,  Sopho- 
more and  Freshman  classes  which  have  entered  the  University  since  this 
plan  has  been  in  force.  The  evening  school,  extension  schools  and  certain 
graduate  courses  are  necessarily  omitted. 


Denomination 

Total 

Church  Members 

Per  cent 

Presbyterian  

447 

366 

13 

Episcopal  

431 

344 

12 

Roman  Catholic  

390 

359 

11 

Methodist  

377 

273 

11 

Hebrew  

310 

172 

9 

Lutheran  

189 

152 

5 

Baptist  

180 

114 

5 

Reformed  

80 

67 

2 

Christian  

78 

54 

2 

Friends  

27 

18 

Christian  Science  

20 

3 

Unitarian  

13 

4 

Universalist  

8 

1 

Anglican  

8 

8 

Swedenborgian  

4 

United  Brethren  

7 

4 

Reformed  Episcopal  

6 

4 

Disciples  of  Christ  

6 

6 

Moravian  

5 

5 

United  Evangelical  

5 

5 

Latter  Day  Saints  

4 

4 

Greek  Catholic  

2 

n 

Free  Thought  

2 

0 

Hindu  

2 

2 

Ethical  Culture  

1 

0 

Covenanter  

1 

1 

Interdenominational  

1 

0 

Church  of  God  or  Bethel  

1 

1 

Spiritualist  

1 

0 

New  Mennonite  

1 

1 

Buddhist  

1 

1 

Seventh  Day  Adventist  

No  Denomination  given  

Total  

1 

638 

3250 

1 

A WEST  PHILADELPHIA  CHURCH. 


Denominational  Church  Work 

Divisions  of  the  Christian  Church  are  as  natural  and  necessary  as 
differentiation  of  species  in  biology — the  Church  develops  and  makes 
progress  partly  because  of  the  special  emphasis  on  certain  truths,  which 
is  secured  through  the  various  denominations  or  communions. 

The  University  Christian  Association,  therefore,  exists  to  facilitate 
the  general  work  of  the  Church  among  students  as  expressed  through  the 
various  denominations.  The  Lutherans,  Episcopalians,  Presbyterians, 
Methodists,  Baptists,  Hebrews,  Congregationalists,  Reformed  and  Friends 
have  been  supporting  special  work  on  behalf  of  their  own  students  who 
are  attending  the  University. 

The  Lutheran  Co-Operation  Committee,  consisting  of  the  following 
well-known  leaders  officially  chosen  from  both  branches  of  the  Lutheran 
Church,  has  been  using  the  Christian  Association  as  its  medium  of 
approach  to  the  Lutheran  students  for  several  years : 


THE  LUTHERAN  CO-OPERATION  COMMITTEE 


Rev.  E.  P.  Pfatteicher,  Ph.  D. 
Rev.  E.  H.  Delk,  D.  D. 

Rev.  C.  A.  Miller,  D.  D. 

Rev.  Wm.  J.  Miller,  Jr.,  Sec. 
Prof.  C.  W.  Stork,  Ph.  D. 


A.  D.  Chiquoine. 

E.  A.  Miller. 

W.  C.  Stoever. 

Theodore  C.  Birnbaum. 
J.  Jacob  Mohr. 


Frank  M.  Riter,  Chairman. 


During  the  past  college  year  this  Committee  has  supported  Mr.  P.  L. 
Schwert,  ’14  Wh,  during  the  first  term  and  Mr.  L.  A.  Young,  T4  E, 
during  the  second  term  as  Lutheran  Secretaries  of  the  Christian  Asso- 
ciation. 

These  Secretaries,  together  with  a Committee  of  Lutheran  under- 
graduates, have  called  upon  the  Freshmen  personally  during  the  fall 
term,  and  with  the  assistance  of  a Young  Woman’s  Committee  from  the 
Lutheran  Churches,  have  held  in  Houston  Hall  and  in  the  Churches  a 
Fall  Reception  for  new  students,  a Thanksgiving  Reception  and  a Special 
Reception  to  meet  Mr.  Arthur  Rugh,  of  China. 

The  big  function  of  the  year  was  a dinner  to  all  the  Lutheran  students, 
given  by  the  Co-Operation  Committee  at  the  Hotel  Walton,  March  26, 
1914,  which  was  attended  by  over  100  guests,  and  was  a great  success, 
both  as  a social  gathering,  when  the  Church  leaders  met  the  students,  and 
as  a source  of  spiritual  inspiration.  The  Secretaries  and  several  mem- 
bers of  the  Committee  kept  in  close  personal  touch  with  many  students, 
and  the  Lutherans  had  a large  share  in  the  spiritual  awakening  which 
followed  the  visit  of  Mr.  Sunday  in  March. 

The  Episcopalians,  through  Bishop  Rhinelander,  have  given  spe- 
cial care  to  the  Churchmen  by  securing  Mr.  J.  R.  Hart,  Jr.,  as  Episcopal 
Secretary  of  the  Association,  who  reports  as  follows: 

There  are  400  Ep:scopal  students  in  the  University  of  which  the  Univer- 
sity has  a record.  Of  this  number  200  live  in  Philadelphia  and  200  come  from 
outside  of  the  city.  Of  the  latter  number  the  Secretary  and  members  of  the 
Church  Committee  have  been  in  personal  touch  with  184.  Of  the  200  living 
in  the  city,  naturally  of  secondary  consideration,  approximately  150  have  been 
directly  reached. 

Of  the  total  400,  95  are  not  members  of  the  Church,  and  of  this  number 
39  come  from  out  of  the  city.  Thirty-one  of  the  latter  were  approached  on 
the  subject  of  becoming  members,  and  only  four  said  they  would  not  con- 
sider it. 

Among  the  non-denominational  students  26  were  reached  by  the  Secre- 
tary, and  9 of  them  were  asked  to  consider  Church  membership,  and  con- 
sented to  do  so. 

A Student  Corporate  Communion  Service  was  held  every  month,  and, 
during  Lent,  every  week,  in  St.  Mary’s  Church,  with  an  average  attendance  of 
14  students. 


TO 


Religious  Discussion  Groups  were  held  in  connection  with  the  Churcn 
of  the  Saviour,  led  by  Dr.  Johnston,  who  had  19  meetings;  enrollment,  49; 
average  attendance,  16;  St.  Mary’s,  led  by  Prof.  W.  R.  Newbold,  who  had  30 
meetings,  with  an  enrollment  of  10  and  an  average  attendance  of  5,  and  in  the 
Church  of  the  Transfiguration,  led  by  Dr.  Yerkes,  who  held  4 meetings,  with 
an  enrollment  of  14  and  an  average  attendance  of  5. 

Two  Social  Evenings  were  held  in  December  and  May  at  the  Church  of 
the  Saviour.  A Church  Reception  and  Entertainment  was  given  by  the  ladies 
of  the  Church  of  the  Saviour  the  first  Thursday  in  October,  1914. 

Students  were  taken  to  Church  at  the  Regular  Services. 

Six  students  were  taken  to  the  Convention  for  College  Churchmen  in 
New  York. 

Four  student  teachers  were  placed  in  Sunday  Schools. 

Presentation  of  the  work  was  made  before  the  Church  Board  of  Religious 
Education  at  the  General  Convention. 

There  was  a Confirmation  Class  of  11  students.  Four  decided  to  be  con- 
firmed. Four  will  decide  it  with  their  rectors  when  they  return  home. 

Special  meetings  during  Lent  were  conducted  by  Bishop  Lucien  Lee  Kin- 
solving, of  Brazil;  attendance,  24.  Dr.  W.  H.  Jeffreys,  of  Shanghai,  Mission- 
ary; 21  present.  Bishop  Rhinelander  on  “The  Church’s  Offer;”  40  present. 
“The  Church’s  Claim;”  19  present. 

No  dinner  was  held  during  the  year,  and  the  lack  of  a large  gathering  of 
any  kind  in  which  all  or  a large  proportion  of  the  students  were  brought 
together  was  a noticeable  handicap. 

In  general,  there  was  less  faithfulness  among  the  responsible  few  than 
last  year,  but  the  work  was  spread  out,  and  touched  a much  larger  number 
of  men,  at  least  lightlj',  than  ever  before. 

Along  the  lines  of  direct  personal  work  the  greatest  and  most  satisfying 
advance  was  made. 


MORNING  FLAG  RAISING  AT  CAMP 


The  Presbyterians  have  been  organized  nationally  for  several 
years,  through  the  Board  of  Education,  to  take  care  of  the  Presbyterian 
students  in  the  large  Universities. 

The  Christian  Association  is  in  close  fellowship  with  this  move- 
ment through  the  membership  of  Rev.  J.  W.  Cochran,  D.  D.,  on  its  Board 
of  Directors  and  through  the  help  which  Penn  has  received  in  organizing 
its  Presbyterian  work  from  the  National  Secretary,  Rev.  Richard  C. 
Hughes,  D.  D. 

The  Board  of  Education  has  designated  Rev.  M.  W.  Lampe,  Ph.  D., 
as  Presbyterian  Pastor  and  has  contributed  $500  this  year  toward  his 
support. 

The  Presbyterians  of  Philadelphia  have  agreed  on  the  Tabernacle 
Church  as  the  centre  for  Presbyterian  student  work,  with  the  under- 
standing that  students  who  desire  to  do  so  may  be  attached  to  any  other 
Church  in  Philadelphia.  Each  Presbyterian  student  who  enters  the  Uni- 
versity is  regarded  as  ipso  facto  an  affiliated  member  of  the  Tabernacle 
Church,  unless  he  notifies  the  Student  Pastor  that  he  wishes  to  be  affiliated 
with  some  other  Church.  The  report  of  Dr.  Lampe,  the  Student  Pastor, 
follows : 

As  rapidly  as  the  names  of  incoming  Presbyterian  students  were  received 
when  they  matriculated  in  the  fall,  a letter  was  sent  to  each,  informing  them 
of  the  fact  that  they  were  affiliated  members  of  Tabernacle  Church,  the 
nearest  one  to  the  University,  and  that  the  Church  desired  to  welcome  them 
to  its  friendship  and  services.  The  names  also  were  assigned  to  upper  class- 
men,  who  visited  the  newcomers  and  explained  to  them  the  various  features 
of  the  religious  activities  of  the  University.  The  University  pastor  for  Presby- 
terian students  got  in  touch  with  these  men  as  rapidly  as  possible,  and  through- 
out the  year  endeavored  to  cultivate  an  unceasingly  intimate  acquaintance 
with  them. 

The  denominational  activities  of  Presbyterian  students  naturally  center 
in  Tabernacle  Church.  Unfortunately,  during  the  greater  part  of  the  year 
there  was  no  settled  pastor  in  this  field,  and  the  work  was  thereby  considerably 
handicapped.  However,  a Sunday  school  class,  with  an  enrollment  of  20  stu- 
dents, was  organized,  and  this  group  met  weekly  throughout  the  year  on 
Sunday  afternoons.  The  leader  was  the  University  pastor.  Furthermore,  a 
large  number  of  students  entered  actively  into  the  work  of  the  Christian 
Endeavor  Society,  enabling,  indeed,  the  society  to  have  one  of  the  best  years 
in  its  history.  Two  Sunday  evening  services  were  set  apart  for  special  student 
meetings,  one  conducted  by  Robt.  E.  Speer  and  the  other  by  Dr.  J.  W 
Cochran  of  the  Education  Board.  Both  of  these  were  well  attended,  and  the 
latter  was  followed  by  a successful  informal  gathering  of  students  in  the 
parlors  of  the  church.  Various  members  of  Tabernacle  Church  entertained 
students  in  their  homes  during  the  year. 

The  week  of  March  29  was  designated  as  Presbyterian  week.  The  public 
features  of  this  week  were  first,  the  three  Monday  mass  meetings  for  students, 
addressed  by  Billy  Sunday;  second,  noon  chapel  each  day  from  Tuesday  tO' 
Friday,  conducted  by  Dr.  J.  W.  Cochran,  and  third,  a banquet  for  Presby- 


terian  students  on  Thursday  evening  in  the  Tabernacle  Church.  This  was 
attended  by  about  100  students,  who  were  addressed  by  some  of  the  most 
prominent  ministers  of  Philadelphia,  on  themes  relative  to  the  Christian  life 
and  vocations.  The  most  important  feature  of  Presbyterian  week,  however, 
was  the  personal  interviews  with  students  in  their  rooms.  A force  of 
about  70  Presbyterian  ministers  and  laymen  was  organized,  each  man  being 
selected  because  of  his  known  ability  along  the  line  of  personal  work,  and  to 
each  was  given  a list  of  four  or  five  names,  in  this  way  covering  all  of  the 
Presbyterian  students  who  were  away  from  home.  The  attempt  was  made  to 
call  on  all  the  men  in  the  course  of  the  one  week.  1 his,  of  course,  proved 
to  be  impossible,  but  in  many  cases  where  one  week  was  insufficient,  two  or 
three  more  were  used.  The  purpose  of  these  interviews  was  to  engage  the 
students  in  personal  religious  conversation — to  encourage  more  sincere  and 
devoted  Christian  living. 

Invariably  the  canvassers  were  cordially  received,  and  the  response  of  the 
students,  according  to  almost  unvarying  testimony,  was  manly  and  genuine. 

With  the  coming  of  Rev.  John  A.  Blair  as  pastor  to  Tabernacle  Church, 
the  work  among  Presbyterian  students  has  taken  on  new  life,  and  the  outlook 
for  next  fall  is  more  encouraging  than  ever. 

At  present  there  are  nine  Presbyterian  students  looking  forward  to  the 
ministry  in  the  foreign  mission  field. 


FRANK  V.  SLACK,  WITH  HIS  INDIAN  STAFF 

The  Methodists  have  put  into  operation  this  year  a very  complete 
plan  for  the  care  of  the  Methodist  students.  Bishop  Joseph  F.  Berry 
designated  the  Asbury  Church  as  the  centre  for  student  work  and 
arranged  to  have  all  the  Methodist  Church  members  as  affiliated  members 
of  this  Church. 


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Rev.  O.  S.  Duffield,  ’04  C,  was  placed  in  charge  of  Asbury  Church, 
and  was  elected  Methodist  Secretary  of  the  Christian  Association,  with 
J.  C.  Patterson,  ’15  C,  as  his  assistant.  The  Philadelphia  Conference 
selected  the  following  Committee  to  assist  Bishop  Berry  in  co-opera- 
tion with  the  Christian  Association. 

METHODIST  CONFERENCE  COMMITTEE  ON  UNIVERSITY  WORK. 


Rev.  C.  Lee  Gaul,  D.D Philadelphia. 

Rev.  W.  A.  Ferguson,  D.D Philadelphia. 

Rev.  R.  S.  DeBow,  D.D Philadelphia. 

Rev.  J.  H.  Hackinberg,  D.D Reading,  Pa. 

Rev.  H.  E.  Walhey Wayne,  Pa. 


During  the  past  year  Bishop  Berry  joined  with  the  Christian  Asso- 
ciation in  supporting  J.  C.  Patterson  as  Methodist  Secretary,  who  reports 
that  the  Methodist  Freshmen  were  called  upon  personally  by  himself 
and  a Methodist  Committee  of  students  and  that  they  were  given  a Recep- 
tion in  Asbury  Church. 

The  Pastor  of  the  Church,  Mr.  Hinckle,  also  entertained  groups  of 
students  several  times  in  his  home.  A social  gathering  for  students  was 
also  given  by  Mrs.  Armstrong,  in  her  home. 

The  Methodist  Bible  Class  in  Asbury  Church  enrolled  sixty  students, 
with  an  average  attendance  of  twenty  in  twenty-seven  weekly  meetings. 

Under  the  leadership  of  Dr.  J.  O.  Randall  the  Methodist  students 
had  a large  share  in  the  Billy  Sunday  meetings.  The  non-Church  mem- 
bers were  called  upon  by  local  ministers  and  laymen  of  Philadelphia  and 
were  deeply  stirred  by  the  general  religious  movement. 

Rev.  Mr.  Duffield  opened  his  work  among  the  students  by  inviting  the 
Church  members  of  the  graduating  class  to  meet  the  Provost  of  the  Uni- 
versity and  other  Christian  workers  in  his  home. 

The  Northern  Baptist  Convention  has  joined  with  Rev.  Dr.  Geo. 
D.  Adams,  of  the  Chestnut  Street  Baptist  Church,  in  the  support  of  Mr. 
S.  P.  Davies  as  Baptist  Secretary  for  the  coming  year.  Dr.  Adams  and 
his  Church  gave  a reception  to  the  Baptist  students  this  year  and  called 
upon  the  non-church  members  following  the  Sunday  campaign. 

The  Hebrew  students  have  organized  a chapter  of  the  Intercollegiate 
Menorah  Society  for  religious  and  social  development.  The  Reformed 
students  are  in  charge  of  the  Rev.  B.  F.  Stern,  of  the  Emanuel  Church, 
Thirty-eighth  and  Baring  Streets. 

Rev.  Wm.  V.  Berg  takes  good  care  of  the  Congregational  students 
in  connection  with  the  Central  Congregational  Church. 

Students  of  other  religious  denominations  are  placed  in  friendly  rela- 
tions with  their  own  Church  leaders  in  Philadelphia. 


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The  present  unified  plan  of  work  whereby  the  Christian  Association 
is  simply  the  Clearing  House  of  the  Church,  was  inaugurated  by  the  fol- 
lowing action  of  the  Board  of  Directors,  October  18,  1912: 

Resolved , first.  That  the  Christian  Association  of  the  University  of  Penn- 
sylvania, with  the  approval  of  the  Provost  of  the  University,  hereby  reaffirms 
its  loyalty  to  the  Christian  Church  and  its  eagerness  to  promote  the  cause  of 
Christianity. 

Resolved,  second.  That  the  Association  hereby  extends  to  the  properly  con- 
stituted representatives  of  every  organized  religious  body  the  machinery  of 
its  organization  for  the  purpose  of  furthering  the  efforts  of  such  a body  to 
reach  its  members  and  adherents  within  the  student  community  of  the  Uni- 
versity. 

Resolved,  third.  That  the  Association  will  elect  to  its  Secretarial  Staff  any 
duly  accredited  worker  representing  such  a religious  body,  jointly  selected  by 
it  and  by  the  Association,  with  the  understanding  that  the  salary  received 
by  him  for  work  done  in  the  University  shall  be  paid  through  the  treasury 
of  the  Association. 

Resolved,  fourth,  That  the  Association  is  willing  to  become  responsible 
to  any  organized  religious  body  for  the  work  of  the  representative  of  such  a 
body  within  the  University,  and  to  make  reports  as  desired  concerning  his 
service,  and  to  make  reports  not  only  concerning  his  special  service,  but  on 
all  the  work  which  the  Association  itself  is  doing  in  any  way  on  behalf  of  the 
religious  body  in  question. 

Resolved,  fifth,  That  the  Association  is  willing  to  report  to  any  religious 
body  concerning  the  work  done  on  behalf  of  its  students  in  case  such  body 
does  not  have  or  does  not  desire  to  have  Association  Secretaries. 

And  by  the  further  resolutions  of  May  7,  1914 : 

Resolved,  That  the  Board  herewith  instructs  the  General  Secretary  and 
the  Church  Secretaries  to  make  such  arrangements  with  the  local  Churches 
and  Church  Leaders  as  will  place  all  of  the  student  Church  members  who  are 
away  from  home  in  Philadelphia  upon  the  affiliated  membership  roll  of  some 
local  Church,  and  that  the  non-Church  members  shall  be  the  special  object 
of  evangelistic  work  on  the  part  of  the  Church  leaders  throughout  their 
entire  University  course. 

Provost  Smith  expresses  his  opinion  in  the  following  letter : 

Office  of  thf.  Provost,  University  of  Pennsylvania, 

Philadelphia,  Pa.,  April  28,  1914. 

I am  very  much  pleased  with  the  marked  success  of  the  recent  plan  to 
consider  our  Christian  Association  as  simply  a Clearing  House  for  the  Church 
in  its  different  denominations,  rather  than  an  independent,  isolated  organi- 
zation. 

Our  religious  work  has  been  tremendously  strengthened  by  the  direct 
responsibility  of  the  Church  for  its  own  students  in  the  University  and  our 
Church  Secretaries  provide  an  effective  and  harmonious  link  between  the 
National  and  the  Local  Church  Leaders  and  their  own  student  members 
within  the  University  community. 


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I believe  that  if  this  plan  would  be  generally  adopted  in  the  colleges  and 
universities  of  the  country,  the  results  would  be  most  gratifying  to  all  inter- 
ested in  this  work. 

(Signed)  Edgar  F.  Smith. 


st.  John's  medical  building,  shanghai,  china 


NATIONAL  CHURCH  STUDENT  WORK 

The  National  Council  of  Church  Boards  of  Education,  which  unites 
the  leaders  of  denominational  work  among  students,  adopted  the  follow- 
ing series  of  resolutions  on  the  basis  of  experience  at  Pennsylvania : 

I.  This  Council  of  Church  Boards  of  Education,  by  virtue  of  its  constitu- 
tion. should  be  advisory  to  and  should  strive  to  unite  the  various  Christian 
movements  on  behalf  of  students,  including  the  Church  Student  Pastor  Move- 
ments, the  Student  Y.  M.  C.  A.  and  Y.  W.  C.  A.,  the  Chapel  Activities  of  Uni- 
versity Corporations  and  the  Church  Societies. 

II.  National  Church  Boards  should  be  encouraged  to  place  in  the  field 
special  Supervisory  Secretaries,  who  would  have  direct  supervision  over  their 
own  representatives  in  local  organizations  and  would  investigate  the  work 
which  is  being  done  for  their  own  students  in  institutions  where  they  do  not 

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have  special  representatives.  These  Boards  should  also  send  their  national 
recruiting  officers  for  Foreign  Missions,  Home  Missions,  Social  Service,  the 
Ministry  and  Evangelism  into  the  local  institutions  to  work  with  the  students 
through  the  local  Clearing  House  Associations. 

III.  Local  Churches  in  University  communities  should  be  equipped  for 
student  work,  and  should  accept  as  affiliated  members  all  students  of  their 
own  Communion  who  attend  the  University,  and  provide  for  their  proper 
pastoral  care  while  they  are  in  the  University.  The  Church  Student  Work 
should  tend  to  lead  the  students  into  the  local  Church. 

That  the  Council,  while  recognizing  the  need  of  pursuing  different 
policies  based  upon  local  conditions  at  each  University  center,  affirms  its 
unalterable  conviction  that  the  personal  work  of  the  University  pastor  with 
the  individual  students  is  fundamental  in  this  work,  and  that  this  pastoral 
care  of  Students,  leading  up  to  contact  with  the  local  church,  is  absolutely 
necessary  to  the  success  of  the  movement  and  the  spiritual  welfare  of  the 
student  body. 

IV.  The  churches  should  be  represented  in  a University  by  a Clearing 
House  Association  constituted  somewhat  as  follows: 

(1)  The  membership  to  consist  of  all  Evangelical  Church  members  of 
the  institution. 

(2)  The  Board  of  Control  to  be  Churchmen  representing  the  different 
communions  which  enter  the  organization. 

(3)  The  employed  staff  to  be  Church  representatives  appointed  by  the 
proper  Church  authorities  in  consultation  with  the  local  Board,  and  supported 
by  the  Denominations  and  the  Local  Board,  together  with  such  others  as 
may  be  chosen  and  supported  by  the  Local  Board. 

(4)  The  internal  organization  should  have  a men’s  and  women’s  depart- 
ment affiliated  in  some  democratic  way  with  the  American  Y.  M.  C.  A., 
Y.  W.  C.  A.  and  the  World’s  Student  Christian  Federation. 

(5)  The  local  and  national  staff  should  be  College  men,  specially  adapted 
to  student  wTork,  with  theological  training  and  Church  experience  if  possible, 
and  in  most  cases  ordained  clergymen.  The  national  leaders  should  be  cap- 
able of  ranking  with  Bishops  and  other  leaders  of  the  Church. 

The  above  resolutions,  as  well  as  the  methods  now  in  use  at  Pennsyl- 
vania, are  only  valuable  as  showing  the  spirit  of  unity  which  must  exist 
between  the  Church  and  any  expression  of  its  vital  energy,  such  as  the 
Christian  Association  movement. 

Some  one  has  well  said  that  the  Christian  Associations,  the  world 
around,  are  simply  “a  method  of  the  Church.”  The  Christian  Association 
at  Pennsylvania  is  trying  to  make  this  principle  operative,  both  in  spirit 
and  practice  and  the  Churches  and  Church  leaders,  both  nationally  and 
locally  in  Philadelphia,  have  responded  most  cordially  and  sympathetic- 
ally. 


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REV.  W.  A.  SUNDAY,  D.D. 

“Billy”  Sunday  at  Pennsylvania 

Monday,  March  30,  was  a great  day  in  the  religious  history  of  the 
University.  Three  times  on  that  day  over  2000  students,  in  addition  to 
members  of  the  Faculty  and  alumni,  gathered  in  the  Gymnasium  to  hear 
a Christian  evangelist,  and  several  hundred  responded  definitely  in  the 
evening  to  the  invitation  to  live  the  Christian  life,  while  more  than  a 
thousand  students  renewed  their  allegiance  to  Christ  and  the  Church. 

This  day  marks  the  beginning  in  modern  times  of  a mass  movement 
of  the  students  towards  Christianity. 

The  human  agent  in  this  movement  was  the  Rev.  W.  A,  Sunday,  D.D., 
well  known  as  the  athletic  baseball  evangelist.  Mr.  Sunday  was  hold- 
ing meetings  in  Scranton,  and  on  the  urgent  invitation  of  Provost  Smith, 
backed  by  Church  leaders  and  by  the  undergraduate  athletes,  he  visited 
the  University  on  his  weekly  “rest  day”  to  make  three  addresses  in  the 
Gymnasium — at  12  noon,  3.30  P.  M.,  and  7.30  P.  M. 

At  each  meeting  the  Gymnasium  was  filled  to  its  capacity  with 
students,  members  of  the  Faculty  and  a few  invited  guests.  Three 
thousand  attended  in  the  morning  and  evening  and  over  2600  in  the 
afternoon.  Provost  Smith  presided,  Mr.  Rodeheaver  led  the  music,  and 
the  subjects  of  the  three  addresses  were,  respectively,  “What  Will  You 
Do  With  Jesus.”  "Re  a Man,”  and  “The  Devil’s  Boomerang,  or  Hot- 
cakes  Off  the  Griddle.” 


PURL1C  LEDGER  — PHILADELPHIA.  TUESDAY  MORN1NO.  MARUTT  31.  10U. 


“BILLY”  SUNDAY  BRINGS  THE  SAWDUST  TRAIL  TO  THE  UNIVERSITY  GYM 


Mr.  Sunday  absolutely  captured  his  hearers  at  each  address  by  his 
transparent  sincerity  and  desperate  earnestness,  by  his  wonderful  powers 
as  an  actor,  by  his  marvelous  command  of  graphic  English,  and  by  the 
honest  simplicity  of  the  truth  which  he  presented.  The  attitude  of  most 
of  the  students  seemed  to  be,  “If  this  is  Christianity,  let  me  have  it  quick.” 
Almost  all  of  the  University  officers  and  teachers,  including  the  Provost, 
Vice  Provost,  Trustees  and  leading  members  of  the  Faculty,  supported  the 
movement,  and  practically  all  of  the  adverse  criticism  came  from  those 
who  did  not  hear  Mr.  Sunday.  Probably  the  most  important  factor  in 
the  movement  was  the  enthusiastic  manner  in  which  the  Protestant 
Churches  and  Church  leaders  of  Philadelphia  entered  it. 

The  idea  of  having  Mr.  Sunday  at  the  University  sprang  from  a 
luncheon  of  Church  leaders,  given  by  Mr.  Wanamaker.  Over  250  minis- 
ters and  laymen  from  all  the  leading  denominations  called  upon  their  own 
students,  who  were  not  Church  members,  immediately  following  the  visit 
of  Mr.  Sunday,  and  the  same  leaders  met  the  students  by  groups  in  the 
Dormitories,  Fraternity  Houses  and  in  Houston  Hall  after  Mr.  Sunday’s 
closing  meeting  at  night.  Some  opinions  of  Churchmen  and  University 
leaders  on  Mr.  Sunday’s  visit  follow : 

TESTIMONY  OF  OFFICIALS,  MEMBERS  OF  THE  FACULTY 
AND  CHURCH  LEADERS 

Provost  Edgar  Fahs  Smith  : 

“I  feel  more  convinced  than  ever  that  the  visit  of  Billy  Sunday  last  spring 
to  the  University  of  Pennsylvania  brought  great  good.  I am  sure  that  the 
thoughts  of  students  and  teachers  were  turned  to  other  things  than  those 
which  usually  engage  their  attention.  I know  that  many  have  turned  away 
from  habits  that  could  only  lead  to  an  unhappy  end.  Right  living  is  a subject 
now  freely  discussed  by  the  student  body.  I am  sure  our  boys  are  in  earnest 
in  the  efforts  which  they  are  making  to  live  right  lives.” 

George  Wharton  Pepper: 

“I  should  think  the  results  of  the  Sunday  meetings  were  three-fold  : An 
awakened  sense  of  the  seriousness  of  life,  a conviction  of  the  reality  of  the 
Christian  solution  of  its  problems,  and  a revelation  of  the  power  to  be  found  in 
corporate  meetings  assembled  for  a spiritual  purpose.” 

Dean  Edward  C.  Kirk,  Dental  Dept. : 

“I  have  made  it  a point  to  study  as  fully  as  I possibly  could  the  results 
of  what  I have  regarded  as  this  experiment  in  moral  and  religious  betterment 
work.  My  conclusions  from  the  observations  that  I have  made  are,  that  Billy 
Sunday  has  modernized  the  Gospel  of  righteousness  and  has  clothed  its  mes- 
sage in  terms  that  have  reached  the  focus  of  conscience  in  our  student  body 
to  an  extent  and  degree  that  has  never  heretofore  been  done.  If,  as  according 
to  some  of  his  critics,  the  impression  that  he  has  made  is  but  temporary  and 
the  enthusiasm  which  he  has  created  is  only  a momentary  impulse,  even  so, 
the  success  of  his  accomplishment  lies  in  the  fact  that  he  has  produced 


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results  where  others  have  failed  to  make  a beginning.  The  University  ought 
to  have  the  uplifting  force  not  only  of  a Billy  Sunday,  but  a Billy  Monday, 
Tuesday,  Wednesday  and  every  other  day  in  the  week.” 

The  Rev.  Charles  Wesley  Burns  writes: 

“Like  thousands  of  others,  I was  prejudiced  against  Mr.  Sunday  until 
1 heard  him  in  his  great  mission  to  the  student  body  of  Old  Penn.  But  dur- 
ing the  day  the  prejudice  vanished  like  mists  before  the  sun  and  I was 
impelled  to  wonder  and  compelled  to  admire  the  utter  sincerity,  the  blood- 
earnest  intensity  of  the  man,  as  well  as  his  mastery  of  the  psychology  of  the 
crowd;  his  alert  seizure  of  the  elemental  things  of  life,  setting  them  forth  in 
rugged  Titanic  fashion.  As  he  came  to  death-grips  with  sin  in  its  ugliest 
phases  at  the  evening  service,  I was  eager  to  be  counted  among  those  who 
had  labored  with  him  in  what  perchance  was  a historic  religious  awakening 
in  the  University  life  of  America.  I have  never  seen  a student  body  so 
quickly  changed  from  curiosity  to  consecration,  nor  more  deeply  impressed 
in  a single  day.  The  Fraternity  group  with  whom  I was  associated,  number- 
ing thirteen,  were  profoundly  gripped  by  the  Christian  evangel,  arc)  eleven  of 
the  thirteen  acknowledged  the  claims  of  Jesus  Christ  upon  their  lives.” 

Prof.  Isaac  J.  Schwatt,  Head  of  Dept,  of  Mathematics : 

“While  I was  not  very  enthusiastic  about  Mr.  Sunday’s  coming  before  he 
came,  I feel  that  he  has  done  a great  deal  by  his  addresses,  and  that  the  effect 
of  his  advice  to  the  students  will  be  lasting,  at  least  to  some  of  them.” 

The  Rev.  Jos.  W.  Cochran,  D.  D.,  Presbyterian  Board  of  Education: 

“Billy  Sunday  is  greatly  used  of  God.  His  methods  are  not  those  of  the 
churches  and  ministers  of  today,  nor  should  they  be  adopted  by  such,  but 
the  Lord  sometimes  uses  strange  means  to  accomplish  His  purposes.  Cer- 
tainly results  tell.  We  must  charge  these  results  either  on  one  side  or  the 
other  of  the  ledger.  Can  any  one  of  sound  mind  charge  them  to  the  account 
of  the  devil  and  his  works?  If  not,  should  they  not  go  to  the  account  of  the 
God  whom  Billy  Sunday  worships  and  the  Saviour  whose  Gospel  he  acknowl- 
edges and  preaches?” 

It  is  a fact  worthy  of  note  that  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Sunday  and  party  of 
ten  came  to  Philadelphia  on  their  rest  day,  at  their  own  charges  (except 
hotel  bill,  when  they  were  the  guests  of  the  Provost),  and  contributed 
the  offerings  of  over  $600.00  to  the  University  Camp. 

It  is  well  within  the  truth  to  state  that  the  visit  of  Mr.  Sunday 
resulted  in  thousands  of  individual  students  being  inspired  to  better  living, 
in  a general  raising  of  the  moral  tone  of  student  life,  and  in  an  atmosphere 
which  makes  Christian  work  more  nearly  normal  in  the  University  com- 
munity. 


CHRISTIAN  ASSOCIATION  HEADQUARTERS 


Christian  Association  Membership 

The  Christian  Association  of  the  University  of  Pennsylvania  takes 
its  stand  squarely  on  Church  membership  and  accepts  membership  in  the 
Churches  at  face  value.  All  Evangelical  Church  members  are  placed  upon 
the  membership  roll  of  the  Association  by  virtue  of  their  membership  in 
the  Church.  This  gives  the  Association  an  enrollment  of  1422  students 
as  religious  members. 

The  ethical  position  is  also  recognized  in  the  affiliated  members  who 
enter  the  activities  of  the  Association  but  do  not  exercise  control  in  the 
management. 


The  Bible 

Pennsylvania  presents  the  Bible  to  her  students,  both  as  a required 
and  elective  study. 

The  Bible  Study  Secretary,  Rev.  M.  W.  Lampe,  Ph.  D.,  is  thoroughly 
trained  for  his  work,  being  a graduate  in  Arts  and  Theology  and  a Ph.  D. 
in  special  Biblical  work. 


The  statistical  report  of  the  year  follows : 


Dormitory  Groups 

Leaders  and  Subjects 

Enrol- 

ment 

Avg. 

Att’c# 

No.  of 
Meet- 
ings 

Lippincott  

. . . M.  H.  Jacobs.  Ph.  D.,  “Religion 
and  Science” 

24 

9 

19 

Provosts’  Tower  

. ...T.  S.  Evans,  “Moral  and  Religious 
Problems”  

9 

3 

7 

McKean  

. . . M.  W.  Lampe,  “What  Is  Chris- 
tianity?”  

18 

6 

13 

Mask  and  Wig 

. . . M.  W.  Lampe,  “Religious  Funda- 
mentals”  

11 

S 

6 

Rodney  

. . . T.  S.  Evans,  “Moral,  Religious  and 
Mission  Problems” 

20 

7 

8 

Brooks  

. ..J.  R.  Hart,  Jr.,  “Moral  and  Re- 
ligious  Problems” 

16 

7 

18 

Bishop  White 

. . . T.  S.  Evans,  “Moral  and  Religious 
Problems”  

12 

5 

5 

E.  F.  Smith 

. ..D.  S.  Hanchett,  “The  Will  of  God” 

20 

7 

18 

Hopkinson  

. . . Rev.  C.  R.  Meyers,  “Christian  Fun- 
damentals”  

18 

6 

12 

Memorial  Tower  

. . .William  Ottinger,  “Moral  and  Re- 
ligious  Questions” 

10 

4 

*7 

/ 

Craig  and  Baird 

. . . Channing  Sweitzer,  “Moral  and  Re- 
ligious  Problems” 

22 

6 

10 

Coxe  

17 

7 

6 

Baldwin  

. . . Rev.  C.  M.  Sandt,  “Moral  and 
Religious  Problems” 

12 

7 

Morris  

. . . Rev.  J.  H.  Dunham,  “Moral  and 
Religious  Problems”  

10 

6 

5 

Class  of  ’87 

. . . W.  R.  Green,  “Social  Religion  and 
Christian  Success” 

8 

6 

7 

Bodine  

. . . F.  N.  Maxfield,  Ph.  D.,  “Psychology 
and  Religion” 

16 

6 

8 

Franklin  

. . . J.  R.  Hart,  Jr.,  “What  Is  Chris- 
tianity?”  

18 

6 

10 

Leidy 

. . . M.  W.  Lampe,  “Christian  Funda- 
mentals”  

11 

5 

6 

Morgan  

. ..  Rev.  A.  W.  Stevenson,  “The  Bible”. 

20 

8 

15 

Graduate  

. . Prof.  J.  M.  MacFarlane,  Ph.  D., 
“Science  and  Religion” 

10 

8 

6 

23 


Departmental  Groups 

Senior  & Junior  Wharton 
Senior  & Junior  C.  E 
Soph.  & Fresh.  M.  E. . . . 

Arts  Juniors 

Soph.  & Fresh.  Chemists 
Sen.  & Jun.  Chemists.... 

Soph.  & Fresh.  C.  E 

2d  & 3d  Year  Dents 

Sen.  & Jun.  Arch 

Second  Year  Law 

First  Year  Law 

Wharton  Fresh  & Soph.. 

Soph.  & Fresh.  Arts 

Fresh.  Architects 

First  Year  Dents 

Sunday  School  Groups 

Tabernacle  Pres 

Asbury  Methodist 

Woodland  Pres 

St.  Mary’s  Episcopal 

Church  of  Saviour 

Special  Groups 

Chinese  Group 

Jewish  Group 


No.  of 

Enrol-  Avg.  Meet- 
Leaders  and  Subjects  ment  Att’ce  ings 


.Scott  Nearing,  Ph.  D.,  “Motives  and 


Character  Development” 

21 

8 

17 

R.  C.  Duncan,  Ph.  D.,  “Moral  and 
Religious  Problems” 

17 

6 

10 

, W.  H.  Adolph,  “Fundamental  Chris- 
tian Belief” 

8 

4 

4 

J.  A.  Montgomery,  Ph.  D.,  “The 
Book  of  Acts” 

S 

4 

16 

.Prof.  O.  L.  Shinn,  Ph.  D.,  “Princi- 
ples of  Christian  Conduct” 

13 

6 

16 

Clement  Foust,  “The  Gospel  of 
Matthew”  

6 

5 

10 

R.  W.  Duncan,  Ph.  D.,  “Moral  and 
Religious  Problems” 

39 

10 

12 

Rev.  R.  K.  Yerkes,  Ph.  D.,  “The 
Intellectual  Problem  in  Religion”. 

14 

5 

4 

Prof.  M.  J.  Babb,  Ph.  D.,  “Religious 
and  Moral  Fundamentals” 

28 

15 

5 

Prof.  W.  R.  Newbold,  Ph.  D„  “The 
Synoptic  Problem” 

15 

7 

ID 

R.  R.  P.  Bradford,  “Religion  and  the 
Workingman”  

39 

10 

9 

M.  W.  Lampe,  j ;‘.Moral  and  Re' 
T.  W.  Van  Metre  \ ,g,0"s  Prob- 

11 

6 

7 

R.  G.  Kent,  Ph.  D.,  “The  Synoptic 
Problem”  

9 

5 

12 

J.  H.  Willits,  “Moral  and  Religious 
Problems”  

10 

6 

4 

Ralph  Morris,  “Moral  and  Religious 
Problems”  

6 

4 

3 

Leaders  and  Subjects 

Enrol- 

Avg 

No.  of 
Meet- 

menb 

Att’ce 

ings 

M.  W.  Lampe,  “International  S.  S. 
Lessons”  

35 

9 

27 

Rev.  D.  A.  Hinkle,  “Moral  and  Re- 
ligious Questions” 

60 

20 

27 

A.  W.  Stevenson,  “International  S. 
S.  Lessons”  

15 

8 

25 

Prof.  W.  R.  Newbold,  Ph.  D.,  “New 
Testament  Sources” 

10 

6 

18 

Rev.  Robert  Johnston,  D.  D.,  “Fun- 
damental Religious  Questions.... 

48 

16 

20 

Enrol- 

Avg 

NO.  Of 
Meet- 

Leaders  and  Subjects 

mentj 

Att’ce 

ings 

M.  W.  Lampe,  “What  Is  Chris- 
tianity?”   

17 

8 

16 

Rabbi  Nathan,  “Jewish  Problems”. 

25 

15 

20 

24 


No.  of 


Leaders  and  Subjects 

Enrol- 

ment 

Avg. 

Att’ce 

Meet- 

ings 

Ethical  Group 

. ..  Prol.  Morris  Jastrow,  Ph.D.,  “Ethical 
Problems” 

15 

10 

4 

Association  Leaders... 

. .T.  S.  Evans  and  others,  “Personal 
and  University  Religious  Prob- 
lems"   

20 

7 

25 

Southern  Club  

. . D.  M.  Johnson,  "The  Negro  Ques- 
tion”  

20 

15 

6 

Enrol- 

Avg. 

No.  of 
Meet- 

Fraternity  Groups 

Leaders  and  Subjects 

merit 

Att’ce 

ings 

Phi  Delta  Theta 

. . Rev.  G.  L.  Richardson,  “Christianity 
and  Social  Relations” 

44 

0 

15 

Kappa  Sigma 

..Rev.  Frank  Gray,  “Moral  and  Relig- 
ious  Problems” 

36 

25 

20 

Sigma  Phi  Epsilon.... 

. . Rev.  J.  B.  Lee,  ) “Selected 

Rev.  Winthrop  B.  Greene,  J Topics”. 

30 

20 

10 

Sigma  Xu 

. . Prof.  H.  G.  Kribs,  “Biology  and 
Religion”  

24 

15 

12 

Delta  Kappa  Epsilon.. 

. . Rev.  George  D.  Adams,  “Studies  in 
Romans”  

35 

22 

17 

Alpha  Psi 

. . M.  W.  Lampe,  “Christianity  as  Life” 

20 

12 

6 

Delta  Tau  Delta 

..J.  R.  Hart,  Jr.,  “What  Is  Chris- 
tianity?”  

29 

17 

13 

Delta  Sigma  Phi 

. . M.  W.  Lampe,  “Fundamental  Chris- 
tian  Concepts” 

12 

9 

6 

Omega  Tau  Sigma 

. .M.  W.  Lampe,  “Problems  of  College 
Men” 

15 

11 

3 

Delta  Phi 

..Shippen  Lewis,  “The  Apostles’ 
Creed”  

20 

15 

Xi  Psi  Phi 

..Special  Speakers.  Selected  Topics.. 

30 

20 

4 

Alpha  Omega 

..Special  Speakers,  Selected  Topics.. 

25 

18 

4 

Theta  Chi 

..Special  Speakers.  Selected  Topics.. 

20 

15 

3 

Zeta  Psi 

..Special  Speakers.  Selected  Topics.. 

30 

20 

5 

Phi  Sigma  Kappa 

..Rev.  J.  A.  MacCallum,  “Moral  and 
Religious  Discussions” 

28 

18 

4 

Theta  Xi 

tian  Problems” 

22 

16 

8 

Psi  Omega 

..Special  Speakers,  Selected  Topics.. 

25 

20 

2 

Delta  Upsilon 

. . Scott  Nearing,  Ph.  D.,  Christian- 
itv  and  Social  Questions” 

35 

25 

10 

Sigma  Alpha  Epsilon.. 

. Special  Speakers.  Selected  Topics.. 

20 

15 

2 

Alpha  Chi  Rho 

. . Bernard  Gilpin  and  Others,  “Moral 
and  Religious  Problems” 

25 

18 

6 

Alpha  Tau  Omega 

. Special  Speakers,  Selected  Topics.. 

20 

15 

5 

Psi  Upsilon 

..Special  Speakers,  Selected  Topics.. 

25 

16 

4 

Sigma  Chi 

. W.  B.  Patterson  and  Others,  Se- 
lected  Topics  

20 

15 

25 


SUMMARY. 


Avg.  No. 

No.  Groups  Enrol.  Avg.  W’k  Att’ce  Meetings 

Fraternity  Groups  23  590  39?  7-1- 

Departmental  Groups  15  241  101  9-\~ 

Dormitory  Groups  20  302  124  10  — 

Sunday  School  Groups 5 . 168  59  23-)- 

Special  Groups  5 97  55  14-|- 

Totals  68  1398  736 

Ass. 

Professors  Ministers  Students  Outside  Laymen  Sec’y 

Leaders  18  12  7 6 5 


Total,  48. 

It  will  be  noted  that  there  is  a very  great  variety  of  groups  repre- 
sented in  these  figures — some  are  strictly  Bible  study,  with  thorough 
preparation  outside  of  the  class  hour,  while  others  are  purely  discussions 
based  upon  the  Bible  and  conducted  without  any  special  study  on  the  part 
of  the  students.  Almost  all  of  the  leaders  are  either  professors  or  minis- 
ters, with  a few  Christian  laymen  and  students.  The  response  of  the 
students  has  been  most  hearty,  especially  in  the  fraternities  where,  in 
several  cases,  the  entire  chapter  attended  almost  every  week,  and  the  Bible 
itself  was  studied  systematically. 

IDEAL  BIBLE  STUDY 

Following  the  growing  tendency  in  institutions  of  learning,  it  is 
desirable  that  all  candidates  for  the  Bachelor’s  degree  should  be  required 
to  have  a knowledge  of  the  facts  contained  in  the  English  Bible,  as  a part 
of  the  curriculum.  This  is  greatly  needed  as  a basis  and  background  for 
the  discussion  groups.  Every  Church  member,  at  least,  should  be  enrolled 
in  a Church  Sunday  School  class,  or  one  of  the  groups  in  the  University 
buildings. 

The  Bible  should  also  be  the  daily  devotional  book  of  the  Christians 
if  the  religious  work  is  to  be  upon  a strong  spiritual  basis. 

SEX  EDUCATION  LECTURES 

Dr.  M.  J.  Exner,  the  sex  education  specialist  of  the  Intercollegiate 
Christian  Association  movement,  spent  several  days  in  the  University 
during  the  early  fall,  delivering  general  lectures  in  each  department  and 
meeting  the  students  for  personal  conference  on  this  subject,  wherein 
ignorance  leads  to  such  terrible  moral  lapses  in  many  cases. 


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Christian  Work  Abroad 


The  foreign  missionary  work  of  the  University  naturally  falls  into 
several  closely  related  activities. 

1.  The  public  presentation  of  missionary  information  through 
the  University  services,  the  Chapel,  and  public  lectures  by  missionaries  in 
the  class  rooms  of  the  University. 


2.  The  thorough  study  of  missions  in  groups,  which  were  conducted 
as  follows  during  this  past  year: 


Mission 

Study  Groups 

Leaders  and  Subjects 

Enrol- 

ment 

No.  of 
Avg.  Meet- 
Att'ce  ings 

China  . . . . 

India  . . . . 

..Dr.  W.  H.  Jefferys,  “The  Emer- 

gency  in  China”  

. . M.  W.  Lampe,  “India  Awakening”. 

12 

9 

i 

12  $ 

5 6 

Mexico  . 

..Ramon  Corral,  “Mexico  Today”... 

13 

6 6 

Lutheran 

Group 

. . R.  G.  Miller,  “Lutheran  Missions”.. 

13 

6 5 

Almost  the  entire  Bible  Study  enrollment  of  sixty-eight  groups,  with 
an  enrollment  of  1398  students,  studied  missions  at  several  of  the  regular 
group  meetings  during  the  year. 

3.  The  Student  Volunteer  Band  consists  of  the  following  students, 
who  have  signed  the  declaration,  “It  is  my  purpose,  if  God  permit,  to 
become  a foreign  missionary” : 

W.  H.  Adolph,  E.  L.  Clemens,  F.  E.  Anderson,  Francis  Ellis,  D.  N. 
Forman,  J.  H.  Foster,  D.  S.  Hanchett,  Chas.  O.  North,  A.  W.  Stevenson, 
Jr.,  Walter  N.  Secord,  Arthur  M.  Tomey,  A.  D.  Waltz,  and  C.  F.  Vale. 

4.  The  Pennsylvania  Delegation  to  the  Student  Volunteer  Conven- 
tion at  Kansas  City  consisted  of  the  following: 

L.  A.  Young,  L.  Cross,  B.  Dunham,  C.  Elmore,  D.  G.  How,  D.  S. 
Hanchett,  M.  Kimber,  H.  Lewis,  J.  C.  Patterson,  E.  C.  Wood,  J.  A. 
Webb,  H.  H.  Hildebrand,  H.  O.  Miranda,  F.  E.  Anderson,  J.  R.  Hart, 
Jr.,  P.  T.  Lau,  C.  V.  Yui,  C.  S.  Shu,  and  E.  S.  Tyau. 

The  inspiration  of  this  great  missionary  gathering  was  one  of  the 
largest  factors  in  the  missionary  history  of  the  past  year. 

This  convention,  which  was  held  under  the  auspices  of  the  Student 
Volunteer  Movement,  at  Kansas  City,  Mo.,  December  31,  1913,  to 
January  4,  1914,  had  a total  of  3292  delegates  from  755  universities  and 
colleges  in  the  United  States  and  Canada.  Without  doubt  it  was  the 
largest  and  most  impressive  student  religious  gathering  ever  held  on  the 
American  continent. 

5.  During  the  last  few  years  the  question  has  been  raised  as  to  why 
the  University  should  not  take  a greater  interest  in  all  of  her  representa- 
tives in  foreign  mission  fields,  in  order  that  the  reflex  efifect  upon  the 
University  constituency  may  have  its  maximum  value.  At  present  there 

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are  about  forty  graduates  of  the  University  of  Pennsylvania  in  different 
sections  of  the  foreign  mission  field  of  the  Christian  Church.  The  variety 
of  this  work  carried  on  by  Penn  men  appears  in  the  fact  that  Pennsylvania 
has  ministers,  physicians,  teachers,  and  Y.  M.  C.  A.  secretaries  distributed 
in  six  different  countries.  There  are  21  in  China,  3 in  Japan,  4 in  India, 
1 in  Korea,  2 in  Burma,  4 in  Persia. 


j.  c m’crackf.n,  m d..  ’or  m.  william  h.  jefferys,  a.m.,  m.d.,  ’97. 

The  University,  and  especially  the  Provost,  is  interested  in  all  of  the 
alumni,  and  the  Christian  Association  has  just  begun  to  broaden  its  policy 
so  as  to  include  within  the  scope  of  its  foreign  missionary  plans  all  those 
who  represent  Pennsylvania  in  foreign  mission  fields. 

The  resolutions  adopted  by  the  Board  of  Directors  in  the  spring  of 
1914  are  as  follows  : 

I.  The  purpose  of  this  department  of  the  religious  work  of  the 
University  is  as  follows  : 

1.  To  educate  students,  faculty  and  alumni  of  the  University  in 
the  work  of  the  Church  abroad  and  in  the  religious  conditions  of  foreign 
countries. 

2.  To  inspire  students  to  give  their  lives  and  their  money  to  mis- 
sionary enterprise. 


II.  The  method  of  the  Association  hereafter  shall  be : 


1.  To  maintain  a Foreign  Mission  Secretary  of  the  Christian  Asso- 
ciation. 

2.  To  maintain  medical  work  in  China  under  the  auspices  of  some 
established  missionary  organization. 

3.  To  maintain  Pennsylvania  men  in  other  mission  lands  and 

4.  To  seek  out  and  encourage  all  Pennsylvania  men  who  are  entering 
and  engaged  in  foreign  missionary  service. 

Following  are  the  names  of  graduates  engaged  in  missionary  service 
abroad : 


*R.  E.  Adkins,  M.D.,  ’06  M Chao  Chowfu,  China. 

♦William  L.  Berst,  M.D.,  ’05  M.  Chen  Chow,  So.  Hunan,  China. 

Harry  W.  Boyd,  M.D.,  ’99  M Canton,  China. 

Herman  Bryan,  M.D.,  ’01  M Hainan,  China. 

J.  T.  I.  Bryan,  ’07  Phil Tokyo,  Japan. 

W.  W.  Cadbury,  M.D.,  ’02  M Canton,  China. 

Stanley  B.  Collins,  A.M Yunnanfu,  China. 

Joseph  W.  Cook,  M.  D.  TO  M Teheran,  Persia. 

Rev.  J.  H.  Cope,  ’04  C Tidgin,  Chin  Hills,  Burma. 

Rev.  Allen  K.  Faust,  M.D.,  ’95  M Sendai,  Japan. 

*J.  D.  Frame,  M.D.,  ’04  M Resht,  Persia. 

Rev.  Amos  T.  Goddard,  ’99  C Am. Church  Mission,  Anking,  China. 

Rev.  W.  L.  Hemphill,  ’05  C Fatehgahr,  U.  P.,  India. 

Harvey  J.  Howard,  M.D.,  ’08  M Canton,  China. 

O.  F.  Hills,  M.D.,  '05  M Chefoo,  China. 

Osbourne  E.  Hooley,  M.A.,  T2 Singapore. 

J.  H.  Ingram,  M.D.,  ’93  M Tung  Chow,  China. 

Rev.  H.  S.  Jefferys,  79  C Sendai,  Japan. 

*W.  H.  Jefferys,  M.A.,  M.D.,  ’94  C.,  ’97  Ph.,  ’98  M.. Shanghai,  China. 

W.  O.  Johnson,  M.D.,  ’99  M Taiku,  Korea. 

Clarence  Appleton  Kirkpatrick Nam  Khan,  Burma. 

C.  N.  Laird,  ’03  C Canton,  China. 

C.  B.  Lesher,  M.  D.  ’08  M Swatow,  China. 

Charles  Lewis,  M.D.,  ’95  M Paotingfu,  China. 

Stephen  Lewis,  M.D.,  ’01  M Chen  Chow,  China. 

Charles  H.  Lyon,  M.D.,  ’98  M Tsining-Chou,  China. 

J.  C.  McCracken,  M.D.,  ’01  M American  P.  O.,  Shanghai,  China. 

Harold  H.  Morris,  M.D.,  ’08  M American  P.  O.,  Shanghai,  China. 

Hugo  A.  Muller,  ’07  C Urumia,  Persia. 

James  Boyd  Neal,  M.D.,  ’83  M Chinanfu,  China. 

*Rev.  J.  H.  Orbison,  M.D.,  ’86  M Lahore,  Punjab,  India. 

William  M.  Schultz,  M.D.,  ’05  M Tsinan,  China. 

*Cev.  Charles  E.  Scott,  ’99  M.A Tsing-Tau,  China. 

E.  T.  Shields,  M.D.,  ’06  M Yachow,  China. 

Frank  V.  Slack,  ’03  C Calcutta,  India. 

Wilbert  B.  Smith,  09  C Y.  M.  C.  A.  Connaught  Institute, 

W.  S.  Vanneman,  M.D.,  ’88  M Tabriz.  Persia.  [Poona,  India. 

Andrew  H.  Woods,  MD,  ’99  M Canton,  China. 


Home  on  furlough. 


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For  some  years  the  Association  has  been,  working  to  develop  a 
Christian  Medical  School  and  Hospital  in  affiliation  with  the  Canton 
Christian  College,  an  institution  contiguous  to  the  Association’s  plant  near 
Canton,  China.  This  has  been  going  forward  under  the  direction  of  Dr. 
J.  C.  McCracken,  Penn’s  famous  athlete,  and  has  led  to  a general  awaken- 
ing of  interest  in  foreign  missions  among  the  students,  faculty,  alumni 
and  friends  of  the  University.  The  Canton  Christian  College  has  so 
developed  as  to  make  it  seem  wise  to  place  the  medical  work  under  the 
same  administrative  heads  as  the  rest  of  its  departments.  Therefore,  in 
order  that  the  Christian  Association  might  obtain  all  that  was  desired  for 
its  foreign  activities,  the  offer  of  St.  John's  University,  Shanghai,  to 
affiliate  with  its  medical  department  has  been  accepted,  and  Dr.  McCracken 
with  his  family  has  removed  to  Shanghai,  there  to  continue  his  work  of 
Christian  medical  and  educational  service  for  the  Chinese. 

This  opportunity  was  especially  attractive  because  St.  Luke’s  Hos- 
pital is  a well  equipped  and  most  successful  institution,  affording  abundant 
clinical  material  ready  for  use  in  teaching,  and  a class  of  Chinese  students 
that  is  being  taught  medicine  in  the  English  language.  Three  other 
University  of  Pennsylvania  men  are  already  connected  with  the  medical 
department  of  St.  John’s,  viz.,  Dr.  Wm.  H.  Jefferys,  ’94  C,  ’97  Philos., 
’98  M ; Dr.  Harold  H.  Morris,  and  Dr.  Tyau.  It  is  the  plan  of  the  Asso- 
ciation to  maintain  at  least  two  physicians,  in  addition  to  those  supported 
by  St.  John’s  University,  for  educational  work,  to  purchase  the  necessary 
land  and  to  erect  a building  in  which  the  medical  school  shall  in  the  future 
be  housed.  This  will  mean  the  investment  of  about  $55,000.  The  school 
will  be  known  as  the  “University  of  Pennsylvania  Medical  School,  being 
the  Medical  Department  of  St.  John’s  University.”  It  will  continue  to  be 
strictly  Christian  and  missionary  in  its  foundation  and  work  and  inter- 
denominational in  character. 

During  the  enforced  stay  in  America  of  Dr.  William  H.  Jefferys,  he 
has  consented  to  act  as  Foreign  Mission  Secretary  of  the  Association,  and 
to  give  his  time  to  the  promotion  of  missionary  interest  amongst  the 
University  constituency. 

St.  John’s  University  wras  founded  in  1879  on  its  present  site  at  Jess- 
field.  In  1889,  Dr.  F.  L.  Hawks  Pott  became  President  of  the  institution, 
and  from  that  year  dates  the  rapid  development  of  the  University.  Hun- 
dreds of  graduates  have  been  turned  out,  who  hold  responsible  places  in 
all  walks  of  life,  as  teachers,  preachers,  diplomats,  merchants,  doctors, 
engineers,  and  who,  by  their  Christian  character  and  aims,  are  a great 
source  of  gratification  to  their  instructors  and  an  honor  to  their  Alma 
Mater. 

There  is  an  undergraduate  student  body  of  over  400,  and  a faculty  of 
over  forty,  with  a property  valued  at  half  a million  dollars.  Its  compound 

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is  the  most  beautiful  in  China,  and  a delight  to  all  who  see  it.  No  educa- 
tional institution  in  China  has  a higher  educational  standard.  The 
University  is  affiliated  with  the  Board  of  Missions  of  the  Episcopal 
Church  in  America. 

The  medical  department  was  opened  about  1880,  and  has  graduated 
small  but  successful  classes  every  second  year  since  that  time.  Ihree 
years  ago  Boone  University,  in  Wuchang,  merged  her  medical  school  and 
members  of  her  medical  faculty  into  that  of  St.  John’s,  and  now  both  these 
institutions  contribute  well  prepared  students  for  medical  education  in 
English. 

A medical  class  was  graduated  in  the  spring  of  1914,  and  a new 
class  will  enter  in  September.  These  men  have  finished  their  sophomore 
year  either  in  St.  John’s  or  Boone,  and  will  combine  their  last  two  college 
years  with  the  study  of  first  year  medical  branches  on  the  L niversity 
campus.  After  these  two  years  the  classes  are  moved  into  the  Medical 
School  building,  near  to  St.  Luke’s  Hospital,  where  they  take  their  final 
three  years. 

St.  Luke’s  Hospital,  also  under  the  Board  of  Missions  of  the 
Episcopal  Church,  was  founded  about  1865,  and  is  the  second  largest 
hospital  in  China  in  clinical  service. 


Inpatients  1,356 

Dispensary  Cases  79,175 

New  Cases  30.278 

Out  Calls  1.322 


Total  112,131 


Located  in  the  heart  of  the  Shanghai  Chinese  “slum”  district,  a won- 
derful service  for  the  relief  of  the  suffering  people  is  performed. 

Although  the  University  family  can  show  a real  interest  in  the  work 
of  all  of  its  graduates  abroad,  a special  interest  is  always  taken  in  those 
who  are  supported  through  its  own  Christian  Association.  The  Associa- 
tion has,  therefore,  arranged  to  continue  to  act  as  the  channel  through 
which  Dr.  Wm.  W.  Cadbury,  ’02  M,  a former  associate  with  Dr. 
McCracken  at  Canton,  shall  be  supported  as  a member  of  the  staff  of  the 
medical  department  of  the  Canton  Christian  College.  The  Friends  in  the 
University  and  in  Philadelphia  take  a special  interest  in  Dr.  Cadbury’s 
work. 

Another  representative  of  the  University  in  the  Orient  is  Mr.  Frank 
V.  Slack,  ’03  C,  the  National  Student  Y.  M.  C.  A.  Secretary  for  the 
Indian  Empire.  Mr.  Slack’s  support  will  be  drawn  especially  from  a 
group  of  fraternities  and  from  the  college  students  of  the  University. 

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st.  luke’s  hospital,  Shanghai,  china 


Mr.  Slack,  while  in  college,  was  “Spade”  honor  man,  Leader  of  the 
Glee  Club,  Leading  Character  in  the  Greek  Play,  Secretary  of  his  class,  a 
member  of  the  Friars’  Senior  Society,  and  of  Kappa  Sigma  Fraternity. 

After  graduation,  he  was  Secretary  of  the  Christian  Association  for 
three  years,  following  which  he  was  chosen  as  Intercollegiate  Secretary 
for  the  Eastern  Universities  of  the  United  States  for  a period  of  two  years. 

The  actual  work  of  Mr.  Slack  in  India  consists  of  supervising  all  of 
the  Christian  work  which  is  being  done  by  the  missionary  societies 


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through  the  Y.  M.  C.  A.  in  the  native  educational  institutions  centering  in 
Calcutta,  Madras,  Bombay,  Allahabad  and  Lahore. 

Slack  writes,  “You  will  allow  me  to  say  at  the  beginning  that  I am 
sincerely  conscious  of  gratification  and  pleasure  over  the  new  arrange- 
ment, for  it  is  exceedingly  nice  to  feel  that  one’s  work  is  being  maintained, 
not  by  a vague  group  of  people  whom  one  doesn’t  know  and  who,  in  the 
nature  of  things  cannot  take  a personal  interest  in  one,  but  by  one’s  own 
University  people,  many  of  whom  are  friends,  and  all  of  whom  have  that 
common  relationship  to  the  University  herself  to  which  one  looks  back 
and  forward,  too — with  such  appreciation.” 


WM.  W.  CADBURY,  ’02  M.  FRANK  V.  SLACK,  ’03  C. 

“Perhaps  it  will  be  well  for  me  to  begin  the  actual  description  of  my 
work  and  relationships  by  taking  up  some  of  the  ‘machinery’  of  the  Y.  M. 
C.  A.  in  India.  The  supervising  body,  corresponding  to  the  International 
Committee  in  America,  is  the  National  Council,  a body  of  twenty-five  or 
thirty  prominent  Indian  and  European  Christians,  chosen  from  different 
parts  of  the  country,  of  course,  and  from  different  ecclesiastical  bodies. 
The  chairman  is  Sir  Harnarn  Singh,  probably  the  leading  Indian  Christian 
from  the  point  of  view  of  prestige  and  general  influence.  His  Excellency 
Lord  Hardinge,  Viceroy  of  India,  is  our  ‘patron,’  a position  that  means 
considerable,  since  it  means  that  he  approves  and  commends  our  work. 
These  high  English  officials  in  the  East  are  careful  as  to  what  societies  of 

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any  sort  they  lend  their  names.  To  the  National  Council,  the  International 
Committee  of  America,  and  the  British,  Scotch,  and  Australian  National 
Councils,  send  secretaries,  maintained  from  these  countries  and  handed 
over  to  the  Indian  Councils  under  certain  general  conditions  that  I need  not 
go  into.  Thus,  I am  sent  by  the  International  Committee  from  which  my 
budget  comes,  and  which  must  be  consulted  if  anything  radical  or  revolu- 
tionary is  proposed  for  me — otherwise  my  ‘boss’  is  the  Indian  body.  Some 
of  the  secretaries  so  assigned  are  made  responsible  for  local  work,  being 
sub-loaned  to  a local  board  of  directors ; others,  one  of  whom  I am,  have 
responsibility  for  the  direction  of  work  of  some  special  type  throughout 
India  and  Ceylon  and  are  under  the  immediate  control  of  the  National 
Council. 


DAVID  S.  IIANCHETT,  PH.D.,  ’14 


“My  special  field,  as  you  know,  is  the  student  section  of  our  work, 
a field  comprising  mainly  over  40,000  University  students,  about  1000 
of  whom  are  Christians,  scattered  in  small  groups  throughout  India  and 
Ceylon.” 

The  Provost  of  the  University  is  arranging  with  the  Phi  Kappa  Psi 
Club  of  Philadelphia,  and  with  the  local  chapter  of  Phi  Kappa  Psi  for  the 
support  of  Mr.  D.  S.  Hanchett,  Ph.  D.,  T4,  who  will  take  up  work  among 
the  railroad  men  of  China,  under  the  International  Y.  M.  C.  A.  Dr. 
Hanchett  expects  to  sail  for  China  in  1915. 


.14 


FRANK  V.  SI.ACK  AND  HIS  INDIAN  ASSOCIATE 


While  the  above  are  Penn’s  special  representatives  abroad,  the  Asso- 
ciation desires  to  keep  in  touch  with  all  the  other  missionary  graduates 
by  correspondence,  to  remember  them  and  their  work  in  prayer  at  the 
University  services,  and  to  have  them  meet  and  speak  to  the  students  upon 
their  return  to  the  United  States. 

These  graduates  of  the  University  give  Pennsylvania  a splendid 
representation  in  the  foreign  missionary  enterprise,  and  they  should  have 
the  hearty  and  enthusiastic  support  of  the  undergraduates,  faculty,  alumni 
and  friends  of  the  University  at  home.  What  opportunity  can  be  greater 
in  our  day  than  to  be  on  the  firing  line  of  the  Christian  Church  in  its 
effort  to  win  the  entire  world  for  Jesus  Christ ! 


ANNUAL  BUDGETS. 

Dr.  and  Mrs.  J.  C.  McCracken  and  family $2800.00 

Dr.  W.  W.  Cadbury 1010.00 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Frank  V.  Slack 2000.00 

David  S.  Hanchett,  Ph.  D 1000.00 


Total  $6810.00 


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Statistics  of  Foreign  Students  at  the  University  of 
Pennsylvania  1913-14 


GREAT  BRITAIN  AND  THE  BRITISH  POSSESSIONS 


England 6 

Scotland  2 

Canada  11 

Australia  16 

New  Zealand  3 


British  West  Pndies II 

British  Guiana  1 

South  Africa  2 

Total  52 


EUROPEAN  COUNTRIES. 


France  10 

Germany  6 

Holland  2 

Italy  4 

Portugal  1 

Switzerland  8 

Greece  2 


Austria  1 

Roumania  4 

Russia  1 

Poland  2 

Sweden  1 

Total  45 


Asia  Minor  . . . 

Armenia  

Turkey  in  Asia 
Egypt  


THE  NEAR  EAST. 

1 Syria  . . 

1 Persia  . 

2 

7 Total 


THE  ORIENT. 


India  2 Japan 

Korea  1 

China  24  Total 


1 

I 

13 


7 


31 


THE  ISLANDS  OF  THE  PACIFIC. 

The  Philippines  3 


Hawaii  1 

Total  4 


LATIN  AMERICA. 


Cuba  12 

Porto  Rico  14 

Mexico  10 

Honduras  1 

Guatemala  7 

Costa  Rica  3 

Panama  5 

Nicaragua  7 

Salvador  5 


Colombia  13 

Ecuador  4 

Peru  4 

Argentine  5 

Brazil  29 

Total  116 

Total  foreign  students 264 


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FOREIGN  STUDENTS  AT  NOKTHF1ELD  CONFERENCE 


A UNIQUE  OPPORTUNITY 

A Strategic  Place  to  Plant  the  Truth  That  Will  Make  the 
World  One  Under  the  Prince  of  Peace 

Two  hundred  and  sixty-four  foreign  students  from  forty-six  different 
nations  was  the  record  this  past  year  at  the  University  of  Pennsylvania. 
They  come  from  eight  great  divisions  of  the  British  Empire.  Twelve  of 
the  nations  on  the  European  continent,  including  those  involved  in  the 
present  gigantic  struggle,  and  all  the  nations  comprised  in  the  Near  East, 
as  well  as  a large  group  from  China,  Japan,  Korea,  India  and  the  islands  of 
the  Pacific.  About  one-third  of  the  whole  number  come  from  fourteen  of 
the  Republics  of  Central  and  South  America.  It  is  an  unparalleled  oppor- 
tunity for  the  Church,  for  the  University  and  for  the  friends  of  peace  and 
righteousness. 

The  Christian  Association  of  the  University  of  Pennsylvania  has 
devoted  during  the  past  two  years  to  the  care  of  this  large  group  of  foreign 
students  the  entire  time  of  one  of  its  secretaries  who  had  spent  ten  years 
in  educational  and  missionary  work  among  Latin  American  peoples,  and 
whose  sympathy  and  interest,  in  addition,  have  always  gone  out  to  the 
great  Orient.  He  and  his  wife  have  made  their  home  a centre  of  influence 
among  these  men,  where  they  have  been  able  freely  to  come  into  touch  with 

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the  Christian  home.  But  the  work  is  without  limit.  What  is  needed  now 
is  a building  of  sufficient  size  to  furnish  dormitory  accommodations  for  at 
least  forty  or  fifty  of  the  foreign  students,  in  which  they  might  live  with 
the  director  and  his  wife,  as  in  a Christian  home,  and  which  would  be 
constantly  open  as  a center  of  Christian  influence  for  the  whole  number  of 
250  and  more  who  are  coming  in  increasing  numbers  every  year. 

In  one  of  the  nearby  Churches  this  leader  has  a Bible  group,  in  which 
are  represented  each  Sunday  afternoon  men  of  Mohammedan,  Brahman, 
Buddhist,  Confucianist,  and  other  faiths,  in  addition  to  those  students  of 
the  Christian  faith.  What  greater  opportunity  for  promoting  the  brother- 
hood of  the  nations  and  the  ultimate  reign  of  the  Prince  of  Peace  than  in 
work  of  this  kind,  where  questions  of  world-wide  and  eternal  interest  are 
discussed  in  the  spirit  of  the  broadest  Christian  charity.  The  opportunity 
is  without  parallel  in  any  of  our  other  American  Universities,  and  there 
is  here  a chance  for  someone  to  provide  the  means  to  erect  this  sort  of  a 
hall  or  dormitory  which  would  furnish  all  the  influences  of  a Christian 
home  and  would  be  a centre  for  this  strategic  work. 

Many  of  these  students  are  picked  and  representative  men  from  their 
native  countries — they  come  to  Pennsylvania  with  open  minds  and  almost 
totally  ignorant  of  American  customs  and  habits  of  life. 

The  curriculum  and  daily  life  of  the  University  is  naturally  planned 
for  North  American  students,  so  that  it  is  very  difficult  for  these  strangers 
to  enter  into  the  best  life  of  the  University  community  without  much  more 
assistance  than  is  necessary  for  the  average  student. 

These  students  are  also  very  likely  to  have  considerable  influence  in 
their  native  land  upon  their  return,  and  it  is,  therefore,  most  important 
that  they  shall  be  introduced  into  the  best  at  Pennsylvania  and  in  Philadel- 
phia, instead  of  the  worst,  which  may  happen  if  they  are  allowed  to  shift 
for  themselves. 

Mr.  A.  W.  Stevenson,  ’83  C,  together  with  a group  of  students  and 
women  from  the  homes  of  Philadelphia,  have  done  much  for  these  par- 
ticular students  during  the  past  year.  Mr.  Stevenson’s  report  follows: 

The  International  Committee  extended  an  invitation  to  the  students 
from  the  outside  of  the  United  States,  who  are  studying  in  the  universities  and 
colleges  of  the  East,  to  send  delegates  to  the  Student  Conference  of  the 
Eastern  District  at  Northfield,  Massachusetts,  June  19-29. 

In  addition  to  nearly  600  American  students  present  from  Yale, 
Harvard,  Dartmouth,  Amherst,  Williams,  West  Point,  Toronto,  McGill,  etc., 
there  were  separate  sections  of  Chinese,  Japanese,  Latin  Americans,  also  some 
Pom  East  India. 

Our  University  had  its  fair  proportion  among  the  total  number  of  nearly 
100  foreign  students.  We  had  six  in  the  section  of  nearly  sixty  Chinese 
students.  In  the  East  Indian  delegation  of  only  eight,  we  had  present  our 


only  two  students  who  are  from  India,  and  two  others  from  that  country 
who  expect  to  enter  the  University  during  this  coming  year. 

All  the  foreign  students  joined  with  the  whole  Conference  in  the  general 
platform  meetings  at  noon  and  in  the  evening,  but  had  their  own  section 
meetings  each  morning  for  Bible  Study  and  the  discussion  of  the  great  moral 
and  national  problems  of  their  respective  lands. 

The  most  notable  session  of  our  Latin-American  division  was  at  the  end 
of  the  ten  days,  on  the  last  Sunday  morning,  when  Dr.  Mott  gave  an 
address,  centering  his  remarks  around  the  statement  that  religion  is  primarily 
an  act  of  the  will.  At  the  conclusion  of  Mott’s  address  each  one  of  those 
present  in  the  room  walked  up  to  the  table  and  signed  his  name  to  the  fol- 
lowing covenant,  which  was  written  there: 

“First,  that  he  would  accept  Christ  as  Lord  and  Master  and  follow  his 
teachings  step  by  step,  as  his  reason  was  convinced. 

“Second,  that  he  would  put  himself  in  contact  with  the  personality  of 
Christ  by  reading  His  life  and  teachings. 

“Third,  that  he  would  make  it  an  act  of  daily  endeavor  to  thus  study  His 
teachings  and  to  come  into  communion  with  Him  through  prayer.” 

Much  time  was  given  during  the  first  two  or  three  weeks  securing  rooms 
and  board  for  many  of  the  new  students  who  registered  from  China,  India, 
Peru,  Brazil,  Colombia,  Costa  Rica,  Paraguay,  etc.  Frequent  assistance  was 
also  necessary  in  interpreting  for  some  of  them  with  the  Deans  in  reference 
to  entrance  requirements;  and  also  in  connection  with  the  cashing  of  drafts, 
and  opening  accounts  in  banks,  etc. 

The  first  social  evening  and  entertainment  to  be  held  was  on  Friday, 
December  12,  at  which  over  four  hundred  guests  were  present  from  among 
the  faculty  and  their  families,  as  well  as  other  friends  in  the  city.  The 
invitations  had  also  been  sent  to  every  student  in  the  University  from  outside 
the  LTnited  States,  and  to  about  100  picked  American  students.  Nearly  every 
country  was  represented,  and  the  Chinese  section  of  the  Cosmopolitan  Club 
furnished  a most  instructive  and  pleasing  novel  entertainment.  A committee 
of  about  fifteen  prominent  Philadelphia  ladies  and  members  of  the  Faculty 
Tea  Club,  under  the  leadership  of  Mrs.  R.  Tait  McKenzie,  chairman,  received 
the  students  and  guests,  and  after  the  entertainment  served  tea  a la  China, 
with  Chinese  cakes,  Chinese  nuts  and  Chinese  candy.  The  Chinese  students 
had  also  prepared  an  exhibition  of  valuable  relics  and  curios. 

As  an  immediate  outcome  of  the  work  of  this  Ladies’  Auxiliary  Com- 
mittee, a number  of  American  families  entertained  at  dinner  groups  of  four 
students  at  a time,  from  different  countries.  The  members  of  the  committee 
are  Mrs.  R.  Tait  McKenzie,  Mrs.  Edgar  Fahs  Smith,  Mrs.  Paul  R.  Cret, 
Mrs.  H.  H.  Donaldson,  Mrs.  Wm.  Pepper,  Mrs.  Edward  C.  Kirk,  Miss  Ames, 
Mrs.  G.  W.  Pepper,  Mrs.  A.  C.  Abbott,  Mrs.  J.  P.  W.  Crawford,  Mrs.  Morris 
Jastrow,  Jr.,  Mrs.  Warren  Powers  Laird,  Mrs.  J.  Bertram  Lippincott,  Mrs. 
Barton  Cooke  Hirst,  Mrs.  Roswell  C.  McCrea,  Mrs.  George  Nitzsche,  Mrs. 
Thomas  Robbins,  Mrs.  Wm.  H.  Hollar,  Mrs.  Joseph  R.  Wilson,  Mrs.  H.  H. 
Collins,  Jr.,  Mrs.  T.  S.  Evans,  Mrs.  A.  W.  Stevenson,  Mrs.  J.  W.  Fry,  Mrs.  A.  E. 
Sampson,  Mrs.  H.  B.  Allyn,  Mrs.  C.  E.  Waite,  Mrs.  J.  R.  Swain,  Mrs.  L.  A.  Klein, 
and  others. 

The  Association,  as  well  as  the  students  from  other  lands,  are  under  deep 
obligations  to  the  ladies  of  the  Hospitality  Committee  and  to  the  Faculty  Tea 
Club,  who  helped  so  generously  in  these  entertainments  and  who  did  so  much 

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to  open  up  the  homes  of  a great  many  families.  Much  has  been  done  in  this 
way  to  disarm  the  prejudice  that  exists  in  the  minds  of  most  foreigners 
towards  us  and  our  customs  and  our  institutions,  and  to  open  doors  for  warm 
Christian  friendships. 

In  addition  to  the  work  of  hospitality  that  has  been  done  for  our  foreign 
students,  they  in  turn  have  been  able  to  be  of  service  to  us. 

Five  of  the  Chinese  students  were  in  demand  during  the  fall  in  connec- 
tion with  the  arrangements  for  the  Student  Volunteer  Convention  in  Kansas 
City.  They  spoke  either  singly  or  in  groups  for  special  meetings  and  Sunday 
services  in  many  of  the  churches  of  the  city.  These  churches  also  gave  gener- 
ously to  a fund  which  largely  paid  the  expenses  of  sending  tire  following  of 
our  Chinese  students  as  delegates  to  this  convention:  Paak  T.  Lau,  C.  V. 
Yui,  C.  S.  Shu,  and  E.  S.  Tyau. 

During  the  year  other  students  from  Greece,  India,  Mexico,  Brazil,  Egypt, 
as  well  as  from  Japan  and  China,  have  given  addresses  on  the  history,  cus- 
toms, education  and  progress  of  their  various  countries  for  churches  and 
women’s  clubs  of  the  city  and  vicinity.  They  have  also  spoken  before  social 
groups  called  together  in  private  homes. 

In  time  of  trouble  there  is  a special  open  road  to  the  human  heart.  Dur- 
ing the  summer  the  secretary,  while  at  the  University  camp  for  a few  days, 
received  word  that  one  of  the  Japanese  students  had  died  after  a very  briel 
illness  in  the  hospital.  Hurried  arrangements  were  made  and  Japanese 
friends  from  the  city  were  gathered  together  and  burial  services  were  hel  l 
at  the  undertaker’s.  The  body  was  cremated  and  the  ashes  sent  home  to  the 
family  in  Japan. 

The  Aim  of  the  Christian  Association  in  doing  this  work  might  be  stated 
in  this  way: 

1.  To  insure  that  every  student  who  comes  from  foreign  shores, 
whether  Christian  or  non-Christian,  will  discover  that  the  secret  of  the 
“greatness”  of  the  American  Nation  does  not  consist  merely  in  its  "sice,”  nor 
its  “big  business,”  nor  solely  in  the  energy  and  ceaseless  activity  of  our 
people,  but  in  the  underlying  Christian  principles  which  have  really  and 
vitally  permeated  since  the  beginning  our  American  home  life,  our  educational 
and  social  life,  and  our  institutions. 

2.  That  as  each  foreign  student  gradually  learns  to  appreciate  these  main 
facts  of  our  history,  he  may  have  abundant  opportunity  through  personal 
Christian  friendships,  and  through  the  Christian  movements  and  churches  of 
our  city,  to  come  himself  into  vital  contact  with  the  Source  of  this  Power,  so 
that  he  may  return  from  his  studies  here  not  only  a stronger  man  personally, 
but  with  clearer  vision  and  better  able  to  guide  his  own  nation  in  the  same 
struggle  which  is  going  on  in  this  land  to  overthrow  evil  and  establish  the 
“Kingdom  of  God”  in  the  hearts  of  men  and  in  society. 


Conference  on  Social  and  Moral  Problems 

The  final  gathering  at  the  end  of  the  year  was  a two-day  Conference  on 
social  and  moral  problems  in  all  lands.  The  theme  running  through  the  dis- 
cussions was  given  in  the  following  statement  of  the  object: 

“As  each  nation  is  making  its  own  contribution  to  the  sum  total  of  the 
social,  moral  and  religious  progress  of  the  world,  the  uplift  of  the  whole  world 
depends  upon  increasing  the  output  of  the  social  and  moral  forces  in  each 

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nation.  The  future  leaders  of  the  world  are  her  students  of  today.  To  culti- 
vate better  understanding  among  the  nations,  and  to  help  each  to  make  its 
highest  contribution,  is  the  object  of  this  Conference.”  The  addresses  on  the 
different  evenings  were  given  by  Sr.  Don  Federico  Alfonzo  Pezet,  the 
Minister  to  the  United  States  from  Peru,  who  spoke  on  ‘‘Contrasts  in  the 
Development  of  Nationality  in  the  Anglo  and  Latin-American,”  and  by  Sr. 
Don  J.  E.  Lefevre,  Secretary  of  the  Legation  at  Washington  from  the 
Republic  of  Panama,  who  spoke  as  a sympathetic  observer  of  the  work  of 
the  Y.  M.  C.  A.  in  furnishing  a platform  and  a place  where  the  young  men 
of  Latin  countries  can  work  out  these  high  ideals  in  their  respective  nations. 
Other  addresses  were  by  Professor  J.  U.  Escobar,  of  Chihuahua,  Mexico,  who 
spoke  on  social  and  religious  work  in  Mexico;  and  by  Dr.  W.  P.  Wei,  who 
told  about  the  “Chinese  Educational  Mission,”  which  is  sending  government 
students  to  the  United  States  under  the  Indemnity  Fund  which  was  returned 
to  China.  A social  element  was  provided  also,  in  the  receptions  given  to  these 
distinguished  speakers,  which  preceded  the  serious  discussions  of  each 
evening. 

In  connection  with  this  Conference  a “Questionaire”  was  sent  out  to  the 
students  in  each  national  group.  Some  of  the  questions  were  as  follows: 

1.  What  are  some  of  the  principal  contributions  which  your  country  has 
made  and  which  you  expect  she  can  make  during  the  years  to  come  to  the 
whole  world  progress? 

And  in  what  ways  can  our  American  people  best  learn  about  these  things 
from  you  while  a student  here  in  the  United  States? 

2.  During  your  temporary  residence  here,  what  movements  for  social 
and  moral  uplift  have  you  observed  in  this  country  which  you  would  recom- 
mend to  other  students  from  abroad  as  being  worthy  of  investigation  and 
study  outside  of  the  work  in  the  classroom? 

3.  Speaking  frankly  and  in  a spirit  of  fair  criticism,  what  are  some  of  the 
defects  in  American  social  and  student  life  which  make  it  difficult  for  students 
from  aboard  to  form  a favorable  appreciation  and  correct  estimate  of  the 
North  American  people? 

4.  How  can  we  help  the  students  to  come  into  closer  contact  with  the 
better  elements  of  North  American  life? 

Some  replies  were: 

“I  would  strongly  recommend  to  the  students  from  abroad,  for  investiga- 
tion and  study,  the  Christian  Spirit  for  social  service  which  I have  seen, 
including  many  forms  of  philanthropic  work  for  the  poor,  and  for  the  welfare 
of  the  child.” 

“Foreign  students  should,  if  possible,  come  into  contact  with  the  people 
of  Philadelphia,  and  study  them  closely,  for  they  seem  to  have  inherited  the 
spirit  of  the  Quakers.” 

“I  admire  the  peaceful  way  in  which  woman  suffrage  is  being  obtained  in 
this  country;  and  the  vigorous  and  earnest  preaching  against  the  liquor  traffic 
and  white  slavery.” 

“The  great  number  of  moral  issues  which  are  backed  in  this  country  by 
the  daily  press;  also  the  comparative  absence  of  rabid  partisanship  from  so 
many  of  the  best  American  dailies.” 

Other  students  had  noticed  especially  the  movements  for  the  uplift  of  the 
young,  as  “the  Young  Men’s  and  the  Young  Women’s  Christian  Associations, 
and  their  splendidly  equipped  buildings;”  others,  “the  University  Settlement, 


the  Salvation  Army,  and  various  institutions  for  the  sick,  the  aged,  and  the 
needy.” 

"The  ministers  of  the  churches  of  America  seem  in  the  main  to  be  men 
worthy  of  their  tasks,  and  1 wish  that  all  countries  might  have  them  as  the 
Americans  have  them.” 

Several  referred  to  the  physical  training  and  its  great  value  “in  leading 
young  men  to  lead  good  moral,  clean  and  manly  lives.” 

"I  have  been  impressed  by  the  happy  home  life  of  genuine  Christians,  as  I 
have  come  in  contact  with  them  since  coming  to  this  country.  And  I have 
also  noted  the  scientific  spirit  that  pervades  every  department  of  these 
philanthropic  and  religious  activities  as  manifested  in  the  perfect  order  and 
system  of  carrying  them  on.” 

In  this  same  questionaire  we  had  requested  frank  and  candid  criticisms  of 
our  social  and  student  life.  For  example,  one  wrote,  “generally  speaking, 
Americans  may  show  some  interest  in  what  a ‘newcomer’  has  to  say,  but  ver\ 
little  interest  in  the  person  who  is  saying  it.” 

“The  general  concept  of  inferiority  which  the  majority  of  the  people  of 
the  United  States  seem  to  entertain  concerning  foreigners  in  general.” 

“The  lack  of  respect  and  courtesy  toward  members  of  the  faculty  in 
our  institutions  of  learning.” 

“Demoralization  of  American  social  life  by  the  modern  dances.  Having 
a ‘good  time’  seems  to  be  ‘the  chief  aim  of  most  American  students.’  ” 

“The  great  distractions  to  American  students  from  the  many  outside 
forms  of  amusement  are  so  great  that  they  do  not  learn  properly  to  proportion 
their  time,  and  at  the  end  of  terms  the  work  has  to  be  ‘crammed,’  to  the 
great  detriment  of  the  best  results  in  the  real  work  for  which  they  are  supposed 
to  be  in  college.’’ 

“If  the  foreign  student  does  not  form  a favorable  and  correct  estimate 
of  the  American  people,  it  is  frequently  because  he  himself  keeps  apart  from 
them,  due  in  part  to  his  difficulty  in  the  use  of  the  language  and  in  part  to 
his  national  egoism,  and  a too  great  readiness  to  find  fault  with  everything 
American.” 

“For  my  part,  I have  been  thrown  with  congenial  American  friends  from 
the  beginning.”  “Owing  to  fortuitous  circumstances  I was  enabled  to  enter 
into  American  social  life,  and  to  escape  somewhat  from  the  miserable  features 
ct  boarding  house  life.  Some  of  us  have  been  able,  therefore,  to  form  a more 
favorable  estimate  of  the  American  people.” 

Some  of  the  men  made  suggestions,  at  our  request,  as  to  how  the  condi- 
tions of  students  from  abroad  might  be  improved.  One  student  from  Japan 
wrote:  “1.  Show  them  good  home  life.  For  in  the  home  is  found  the  true 
spirit  of  American  courtesy  and  hospitality.  2.  Bring  them  into  close  touch 
with  pure  Christianity  during  their  first  months  here.” 

In  this  connection  mention  should  be  made  of  the  Woodland  Presby- 
terian Church,  at  Forty-second  and  Pine,  which  was  open  with  especial 
hospitality  to  men  from  every  country.  They  were  invited  to  various  recep- 
tions and  entertainments,  as  well  as  to  the  church  services.  Each  Sunday 
afternoon  an  International  Bible  Class  was  conducted  by  Mr.  Stevenson, 
which  enrolled  during  the  year  men  from  Japan,  China.  Egypt,  Syria. 
Armenia,  as  well  as  some  from  different  parts  of  Europe  and  South  America 
and  some  of  our  American  students.  The  total  enrollment  was  over  30, 
with  a fair  average  attendance  each  Sunday  during  the  year.  The  far-reaching 

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character  of  this  seed-sowing  can  be  appreciated  when  we  remember  how  man) 
diflfe  rent  religious  beliefs  coming  from  the  ends  of  the  earth  are  represented 
from  time  to  time  in  this  Bible  Class. 

Dr.  Lampe  also  conducted  one  evening  a week  in  Houston  Hall,  during 
the  winter  season,  a special  Discussion  Group  for  the  students  from  China, 
which  was  largely  attended. 

It  must  be  plain  that  in  order  to  accomplish  our  task,  of  exalting  Christ 
as  the  Great  Friend  of  all  men  and  of  all  nations,  we  must  employ  as  many 
points  of  contact  in  this  single  University,  and  meet  as  many  problems  in 
doing  so,  as  Christ’s  whole  Church  is  doing  in  carrying  social  service  and 
evangelism  to  the  millions  in  these  countries  around  the  world. 


AN  ATHLETIC  CARNIVAL  IN  CHINA. 


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UNIVERSITY  SETTLEMENT  BUILDING 


Service. 

THE  UNIVERSITY  SETTLEMENT  OF  PHILADELPHIA. 

Lombard  and  Twenty-sixth  Streets. 

BY  HELEN  S.  KNOWLES,  HEAD  WORKER. 

Plave  you  ever  considered  upon  what  the  success  of  settlement  work 
depends  in  large  measure?  Without  doubt,  upon  continuity  of  service. 
One  great  object  of  the  settlement  is  to  make  lasting  and  effective  friend- 
ships, not  with  isolated  individuals,  but  with  the  residents  of  a whole 
locality.  Any  friendships,  to  be  mutually  helpful,  require  time  and  know- 
ledge of  conditions.  Friendships  to  be  perfected  in  a given  district  require 
even  longer  time,  and  minute  knowledge  of  local  environment,  which  can 
be  acquired  only  through  the  actual  experience  of  living  among  the  people 
one  seeks  to  know. 

Of  course,  to  know  any  given  locality  specifically,  one  must  know  the 
whole  city,  and  realize  the  relations  of  every  precinct  to  its  ward,  and  the 
w.ard  to  the  municipality.  Only  so,  can  one  arrive  at  the  true  solution  of 
the  local  problems  and  those  of  the  individual,  which  after  all  are  problems 
of  the  whole. 

To  start  anew,  and  begin  friendships  where  others  have  left  them, 
and  to  undertake  problems  partially  solved  must  always  be  a problem  in 
itself.  In  the  first  few  months  of  residence  there  are  necessarily  many 
disappointments  and  delays  in  the  progress  of  the  work  of  the  settlement, 
due  to  the  need  of  reinterpretation  of  fundamentals,  and  the  difficulty  of 
digging  to  the  foundations.  But  a survey  of  the  work  of  ten  months  shows 
that  the  foundations  reached  are  solid,  and  the  outlook  for  future  attain- 
ment is  encouraging. 

Every  successful  settlement  bears  a definite  relation  to  the  locality 
in  which  it  is  situated.  The  University  Settlement  has  a double  field  for 


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work.  It  must  interpret  to  college  students  conditions  of  which  they  may 
know  nothing  and  must  bring  them  into  vital  contact  with  men,  women 
and  children  whose  thoughts,  ideals  and  opportunities  are  probably  totally 
different  from  their  own.  To  the  student  with  sentimental  or  too 
theoretical  views  of  philanthropy  this  is  at  times  a rude  but  necessary 
awakening — to  find  himself  matched  at  every  turn  by  personalities  as 
capable  of  attainment  as  he.  To  the  people  of  the  neighborhood  the 
settlement  must  bring  a broader  outlook.  It  must  bring  them  into  direct 
contact  and  relationship  with  people  who  for  the  most  part  they  would 
have  no  opportunity  of  knowing. 

As  the  settlement  interprets,  it  must  also  make  for  self-realization. 
Most  of  us  learn  in  the  doing,  and  as  far  as  possible  all  settlement  organ- 
izations must  become  self-governing.  In  this  way  the  settlement  is  paving 
the  way  for  the  Social  Centre,  and  is  working  for  that  ideal  time  when  it 
vvill  be  itself  self-eliminating. 

Graham  Taylor  has  said  that  “Life  and  religion  are  alike.  They  were 
meant  and  made  to  be  one  and  the  same.’’  Social  endeavor,  then,  which 
places  the  highest  value  on  every  life  because  of  the  divine  possibilities  of 
all,  is  religious.  Because  it  recognizes  the  worth  of  all,  it  will  not  work  to 
change  creeds  and  forms  of  religious  expression,  but  will  strive  to  deepen 
and  vitalize  whatever  forms  there  are.  Such  effort  will  aim  to  realize  the 
final  form  of  religion  as  expressed  in  Christianity. 

In  the  brief  discussion  of  certain  phases  of  the  work  that  follows,  one 
is  conscious  of  the  fact  that  those  things  which  count  for  the  most  in 


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human  relationships  cannot  be  recorded,  and  that  figures  in  records  of 
social  achievement  count  for  comparatively  little.  There  is  a need  for  the 
standardization  of  symbols  by  which  social  endeavor  is  measured. 

INDOOR  ACTIVITIES. 

Three  special  needs  of  the  work  and  two  organizations  long  con- 
nected with  the  Settlement  deserve  this  year  special  mention. 

Some  provision  should  be  made  for  industrial  work  for  the  boys. 
Gymnasium  and  recreational  facilities  are  provided,  but  no  opportunity  for 
training  through  industrial  work.  The  same  need  is  felt  for  the  girls. 
There  is  no  adequate  provision  for  domestic  science  work.  One  small 
kitchen  has  to  serve  many  organizations,  making  it  impossible  to  conduct 
domestic  science  classes  with  system  or  order.  The  house  on  Taney 
Street,  which  is  being  vacated  by  the  Junior  Club,  could  be  admirably 
transformed  into  a housekeeping  centre,  and  the  cost  of  the  equipment 
would  not  be  great.  There  seems  also  to  be  special  need  of  greater 
shower  bath  facilities  in  this  section.  Although  the  Settlement  is  equipped 
with  the  shower  baths,  the  supply  of  hot  water  is  very  deficient  and  barely 
supplies  the  cleaning  requirements  and  those  using  the  gymnasiums.  The 
installation  of  a boiler  would  overcome  this  difficulty. 

THE  JUNIOR  CLUB. 

The  Junior  Club  is  one  of  the  oldest  organizations  connected  with  the 
Settlement  house.  At  the  present  time  it  has  a membership  of  fifty-four 
men  over  18  years.  The  club  has  had  the  exclusive  use  of  a small  house 
on  Taney  Street,  the  rooms  being  open  every  evening  and  Sunday  after- 
noon, and  the  use  of  the  Settlement  gymnasium.  Among  its  notable 
achievements  for  the  past  year  has  been  the  winning  by  a first  and  second 
basketball  team  of  the  championship  of  the  Philadelphia  Inter-Club 
Amateur  Athletic  League.  The  club  held  two  very  enjoyable  “smokers” 
and  two  dances.  It  gave  three  performances  of  an  excellent  minstrel 
show,  the  proceeds  of  one  entertainment  being  given  toward  the  Baby 
Saving  Show.  The  season’s  activities  were  closed  by  an  annual  banquet, 
at  which  Director  Porter  and  Dean  W.  D.  Lewis  were  the  speakers  of 
the  evening. 

MOTHERS’  CLUB. 

The  Mothers’  Club  can  also  claim  a long  connection  with  the  Settle- 
ment. Its  present  membership  is  125.  The  Club  met  one  night  a week 
for  sewing  and  millinery,  and  another  night  for  a social,  or  to  enjoy  an 
outside  speaker.  The  Club  gave  a banquet  in  the  spring,  all  details  of 
which  were  attended  to  most  creditably  by  the  members.  It  seemed  as 
if  a great  deal  had  been  achieved  when  members  of  the  Club  co-operated 

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with  the  house  in  the  closing  night  entertainment  by  appearing  for  the 
first  time  before  the  footlights  in  Mrs.  Jarley’s  Wax  Works.  Two  suc- 
cessful Rummage  Sales  were  held  during  the  year,  and  the  Club  is 
indebted  to  many  friends  for  donations  of  clothing  at  those  times. 

HOUSE  COUNCIL. 

Elected  representatives  of  both  the  Junior  Club  and  Mothers’  Club, 
formed  an  Advisory  Committee  to  the  Headworker,  and  were  called  upon 
to  decide  questions  of  house  discipline  and  procedure. 

KINDERGARTEN, 

The  Kindergarten  was  conducted,  as  previously,  by  the  Board  of 
Education,  with  Miss  Sharp,  as  teacher,  in  charge. 

STORY  HOUR. 

The  Story  Hour  for  boys  and  girls  was  carried  on  in  co-operation 
with  the  John  Wanamaker  Branch  of  the  Public  Library.  Miss  Helen 
Morrow,  librarian,  conducted  the  hour  every  week. 

STEREOPTICON  PICTURES. 

Every  Friday  afternoon  stereopticon  pictures  were  given  for  the 
school  children,  many  of  the  slides  being  furnished  through  the  courtesy 
of  the  Board  of  Education.  Miss  Crosby,  supervising  principal  of  the 
Anna  Hallowed  School,  co-operated  greatly  in  this  work.  Some  student 
was  nearly  always  available  to  run  the  lantern,  while  one  of  the  house 
residents  explained  the  educational  pictures  and  conducted  the  singing. 

MOVING  PICTURES. 

Except  during  Lent  and  when  other  entertainment  was  available, 
Moving  Pictures  were  given  every  Friday  night.  Five  cents  admission  was 
charged  for  five  films.  The  value  and  pleasure  of  these  evenings  was 
greatly  enhanced  by  the  University  men,  who  gave  freely  of  their  service 
in  playing  the  piano  and  giving  often  some  other  form  of  entertainment 
between  films.  The  evening  ended  with  dancing  until  10.30,  children 
being  permitted  to  stay  with  their  parents  until  10  o’clock.  When  chil- 
dren and  their  parents  danced  together  it  seemed  as  if  a great  step  had 
been  taken  in  providing  wholesome  recreation.  Some  weeks  as  many  as 
125  attended  these  entertainments.  One  week  pictures  of  the  Glacier  Na- 
tional Park  were  enjoyed. 

GLEE  CLUB  CONCERT. 

The  Settlement  was  greatly  indebted  to  the  members  of  the  Glee  and 
Mandolin  Clubs  for  a most  enjoyable  concert  December  5.  After  the 
Club  members  had  partaken  of  “hot  dogs  and  coffee,”  the  residents  were 


treated  to  a second  concert  of  a more  informal,  but  thoroughly  delightful, 
nature. 

HOUSE  DANCES. 

Upon  the  request  of  the  young  people,  weekly  house  dances,  except 
during  the  Lenten  season,  were  held,  following  Miss  Lyons’  dancing  class. 
University  students  often  furnished  the  music,  and  the  dances  were  felt  in 
every  way  to  be  highly  successful  and  to  fill  a distinct  need.  The  house 
provided  the  dance  programs  and  the  residents  received  the  guests  and 
acted  as  chaperons,  and  members  of  the  Junior  Club  acted  as  ushers.  A 
standard  of  acceptable  dancing  was  required  and  accorded.  On  one  occa- 
sion only  was  a dancer  asked  to  leave  the  floor  because  of  disregard  of  the 
ushers’  requests.  On  special  occasions  extra  refreshments  were  provided. 
St.  Patrick’s  night  175  attended  the  dance  and  dramatic  performance  given 
by  the  Junior  Club.  The  waltz  quadrille  this  night  was  danced  with  a 
zest  never  before  witnessed.  Members  of  the  Mothers’  Club  always 
attended  the  dances  with  the  young  people.  Quite  regular  attendants  were 
a mother,  her  daughter  and  her  married  son  and  wife. 


BABY  SAVING  SHOW. 

Through  the  generosity  of  friends,  local  business  houses  and  contribu- 
tions from  the  Junior  and  Mothers’  Club  it  was  possible  to  secure  for  ten 
days  the  Baby  Saving  Show  of  the  Child  Federation.  Practically  all  the 
second  floor  of  the  Settlement  had  to  be  thrown  open  for  the  exhibits. 
The  enterprise  was  felt  to  be  highly  successful,  for  although  the  attend- 
ance was  not  so  great  as  in  other  sections  of  the  city,  those  who  did  attend 
were  intelligent  and  were  able  to  understand  and  pass  on  what  they  saw 
and  learned.  Through  the  generosity  of  Mr.  Benjamin  West  Frazier,  it 
was  possible  to  have  two  contests  in  connection  with  the  show.  Principals 
of  the  Anna  Hallowell  Public  School,  the  Pierce  School,  the  Arthur  and 
the  Hollingsworth  School  co-operated,  and  four  prizes  were  offered  to 
children  in  those  schools  writing  the  best  composition  upon  “What  the 
Baby  Saving  Show  Teaches.”  Four  prizes  were  also  offered  for  babies 
under  two  years  who  improved  the  most  in  a period  of  six  weeks.  Thirty- 
one  babies  entered  the  contest.  Acknowledgment  should  be  made  at  this 
time  to  members  of  the  Junior  League,  who  did  so  much  to  make  the 
Baby  Show  a success.  The  Settlement  felt  fortunate  in  that  the  Child 
Federation  received  its  friends  in  honor  of  the  Mayor  one  afternoon 
while  the  exhibits  were  at  its  house — it  being  felt  that  the  exhibits  could 
be  seen  there  to  such  advantage. 

“Knowledge  is  waste  unless  knowledge  saves.  Humanity  is  the  meas- 
ure of  scientific  discovery.  Unless  the  many  learn,  the  few  teach  in  vain.” 

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One  of  the  school  children  wrote : “The  Baby  Saving  Show  has  proved 
that  it  is  what  it  is  named  and  has  proven  a very  great  blessing  to  our 
people.” 


ENTERING  THE  P.ABY  CONTEST 


CHRISTMAS. 

Christmas  at  the  Settlement  was  made,  as  far  as  possible,  all  inclusive. 
All  students  whose  addresses  could  be  found  and  who  remained  at  the 
University  over  Christmas  were  invited  to  spend  Christmas  Eve  at  the 
Settlement.  Foreign  students  as  well  as  Americans  attended,  and  after 
filling  candy  boxes  and  wrapping  up  presents  for  the  neighborhood  parties, 
with  the  aid  of  women  volunteer  workers,  enjoyed  refreshments,  games 
and  dancing  in  the  gymnasium.  A feature  of  the  evening  was  the  burn- 
ing of  candles  in  every  window,  to  signify  that  the  “Light  of  the  World 
had  come.”  It  seemed  as  if  every  one  enjoyed  the  evening,  and  those  who 
for  the  first  time  were  away  from  home  particularly  expressed  their 
appreciation.  The  House  party  for  its  Club  members  was  also  a happy 
occasion,  when  the  young  men  and  women  presented  most  creditably  a 
Christmas  mystery  play — “Bethlehem.”  The  Christmas  celebrations  were 
made  possible  through  the  generosity  of  many  friends  and  the  following 
college  fraternities: 


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Sigma  Phi  Sigma, 
Sigma  Chi, 

Kappa  Sigma, 

Delta  Sigma  Phi, 
Sigma  Phi,  Epsilon, 
Sigma  Alpha  Epsilon, 
Phi  Delta  Phi, 

Phi  Kappa  Psi, 

Theta  Chi, 

Delta  Kappa  Epsilon, 
Delta  Sigma  Delta, 
Delta  Phi, 


Zeta  Beta  Tau, 
Acacia, 

Psi  Upsilon, 

Delta  Phi, 

Delta  Psi, 

Phi  Gamma  Delta, 
Phi  Kappa  Sigma, 
Alpha  Chi  Rho, 
Theta  Xi, 

Sigma  Tau, 

Delta  Delta  Delta, 
Zeta  Psi, 

Phi  Delta  Theta. 


SUNDAY  CONFERENCES. 

Sunday  Conferences  were  held  every  month  at  the  Settlement,  when 
social  workers  and  college  students  were  invited  to  meet  and  hear  some 
well-known  speaker  on  questions  of  social  and  moral  import,  and  to  par- 
take of  a cup  of  tea.  The  Headworker  was  at  home  informally  other 
Sunday  afternoons  to  students  and  volunteer  workers. 

NEIGHBORHOOD  MEETINGS. 

Starting  January  18,  Neighborhood  Meetings  were  held  every  Sunday 
evening  for  those  who,  having  attended  to  their  church  obligations,  could 
spend  a friendly  social  evening  together.  Members  of  the  faculty  and 
others  gave  illustrated  stereopticon  lectures  at  this  time  and  instrumental 
or  vocal  music  added  to  the  program.  Hardly  a Sunday  evening  passed 
without  Dr.  Lazarus  giving  violin  selections,  which  were  greatly  enjoyed 
and  of  which  grateful  acknowledgment  is  made.  The  residents  served 
coffee  at  these  informal  meetings. 

MEDICAL  DISPENSARY. 

For  a long  time  it  had  been  felt  that  the  Medical  Dispensary  needed 
larger  quarters.  The  one  small  room,  which  had  to  serve  two  college 
students  and  the  supervising  physician  as  well  as  the  patients,  was  entirely 
inadequate.  After  the  New  Year  new  offices  were  opened,  a room  used 
for  a workshop  and  storeroom  being  converted  into  four  rooms  for  the 
purpose.  At  this  time  a small  social  service  department  was  started  in 
connection  with  the  Dispensary,  a social  worker  being  in  the  Dispensary 
every  night  to  register  all  patients  and  to  follow  up  any  cases  needing 
medical  or  social  after  care.  A system  of  card  registration,  based  upon 
that  of  other  such  departments,  was  also  introduced.  By  having  two 
medical  students  live  at  the  Settlement,  working  in  the  Dispensary  under 
the  supervision  of  Dr.  Penn-Gaskell  Skillern,  Jr.,  and  in  the  neighborhood 
under  Dr.  Howard  Kennedy  Hill,  and  other  students  volunteering  for  the 
work,  it  is  felt  that  the  medical  work  is  now  on  a good  practical  basis. 


MEDICAL  DISPENSARY — UNIVERSITY  SETTLEMENT 

It  is  hoped  that  more  and  more  the  students  can  be  interested  in  the  social 
bearing  of  their  dispensary  work  as  a phase  of  interpretation  which  has 
come  to  stay.  Gifts  of  money  as  well  as  of  equipment  are  gratefully 
acknowledged  at  this  time. 

DENTAL  DISPENSARY. 

The  summer  of  1913,  a dental  student,  living  at  the  Settlement,  through 
the  help  of  Dr.  Frederick  W.  Allen  of  the  Dental  School,  started  a Dental 
Dispensary.  Though  the  equipment  to  start  was  meager,  the  value  and 
need  of  the  work  was  clearly  demonstrated.  The  question  of  proper 
quarters  was  serious,  as  during  the  summer  the  kitchen  had  been  used. 
A Club  room,  with  no  plumbing  facilities,  was  utilized,  however,  until 
after  New  Year’s,  when  the  Dental  Dispensary  was  moved  into  the  former 
Medical  Dispensary  room.  Here  students,  under  the  direction  of  Dr. 
Allen,  treated  patients  four  evenings,  one  morning  and  three  afternoons  all 
winter  and  spring.  Strange  as  it  has  seemed,  the  children  have  crowded 
in,  and  the  prospect  of  teeth  to  be  pulled  has  in  no  way  dampened  their 
ardor.  One  afternoon  the  dentist  was  discovered  filling  a child’s  teeth 
while  the  office  floor  was  filled  with  an  admiring  audience.  Neither  the 
dentist  nor  the  patient  seemed  in  the  least  perturbed,  though  the  atmos- 

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phere  was  like  that  of  a “pink  tea.”  It  is  planned  to  have  a dental  student 
live  at  the  Settlement  in  the  future  and  to  make  every  effort  to  interest 
as  many  students  in  the  Dental  School  as  possible  in  this  new  phase  of 
the  work.  Only  through  the  generosity  of  Dr.  Allen  has  the  Dispensary 
been  possible.  He  provided  it  with  an  operating  chair,  many  instru- 
ments and  dental  supplies. 


DENTAL  DISPENSARY — UNIVERSITY  SETTLEMENT 

STUDENT  BANQUETS. 

Three  times  during  the  year  the  Settlement  was  glad  to  be  able  to 
offer  its  rooms  and  facilities  for  Student  Banquets.  Though  these  were 
independent  entertainments,  the  Settlement  housekeeper  assumed  the  cater- 
ing and  serving  of  the  meals  and  the  Settlement  staff  was  included.  Some 
students  became  acquainted  with  Settlement  activities  through  these  meet- 
ings who  might  never  have  visited  the  house  on  any  other  pretext.  Eighty- 
five  attended  the  Social  Service  Banquet,  fifty  the  meeting  of  the  Cosmo- 
politan Club  and  thirty-nine  the  supper  of  the  Conference  for  Foreign 
Students. 


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NEIGHBORHOOD  WORK. 


Undoubtedly  one  of  the  most  important  phases  of  Settlement  work 
is  the  friendly  visiting,  informal  or  otherwise,  at  the  Settlement  House  or 
in  the  homes.  Such  intercourse  is  the  hardest  to  measure.  One  may  call 
for  weeks  or  months  to  secure  a desired  end  which  a subsequent  five- 
minute  call  may  achieve.  Family  rehabilitation  calls  directly  for  co-opera- 
tion with  many  other  social  agencies  and  individuals,  and  it  demands  the 
wisest  neighborliness  and  courage.  Visitors  from  social  agencies  not 
living  in  their  districts  can  with  comparative  ease  make  demands  that  it  is 
harder  to  make  of  one’s  friend  and  next-door  neighbor.  Yet,  because  of 
the  neighborly  relationship,  it  would  seem  as  if,  on  the  other  hand,  more 
sympathetic  and  understanding  treatment  should  be  extended,  and  for  that 
very  reason,  perhaps,  oftener  realized.  The  Settlement  visitor  was  made 
this  winter  Secretary  of  the  District  Society  for  Organizing  Charity, 
and  reports,  besides,  co-operation  with  the  following  organizations : Bet- 
terment Bureau  of  the  Consumers’  League,  Miss  Wooley  of  the  Press 
Office,  Social  Service  Department  of  the  University  Hospital,  the  State 
Dispensary,  Housing  Commission,  Board  of  Health,  Flower  and  Fruit 
Mission,  the  Union  Benevolent  Association,  the  Home  Missionary  Society, 
the  Winfield  Hospital,  Society  St.  Vincent  de  Paul,  Society  to  Prevent 
Cruelty  to  Children,  Children’s  Aid  Society,  the  Sheltering  Arms,  Phila- 
delphia Hospital,  the  Polyclinic  Hospital,  University  Hospital,  Temporary 
Shelter  for  Women,  Seventh  Ward  Charity  Organization,  Western  Tem- 
porary Home.  It  seems  curious  that  with  few  exceptions  the  families 
reached  in  this  way  have  no  club  affiliation  with  the  Settlement.  Ninety 
families  have  been  visited  in  connection  with  the  Dispensary  work  and 
eighteen  have  been  cases  of  family  rehabilitation.  Forty  families  have 
been  visited  regularly  for  other  reasons,  making  a total  of  148  families 
the  Settlement  is  keeping  in  close  touch  with  through  weekly  home  visi- 
tation. Through  the  aid  of  individuals,  business  firms  and  agencies 
employment  has  also  been  secured  for  five  men,  fourteen  boys,  thirty-two 
women  and  eighteen  girls. 

The  following  activities  have  also  been  carried  on  through  the  winter 
season : Boys’  game  room,  pool  room  and  gymnasium ; girls’  social  club, 
gymnasium,  folk  dancing  and  domestic  science  classes.  The  settlement 
continues  to  be  a station  for  Stamp  Savings  and  Fuel  Savings  in  winter 
and  summer. 

SUMMER  ACTIVITIES. 

The  summer  marks  a time  of  more  or  less  unorganized  activity,  valua- 
ble because  of  the  informal  and  more  personal  relationships  one  is  able 
to  establish  with  one’s  neighbors. 


For  organized  work  both  the  Dental  Dispensary  and  the  Medical 
Dispensary  have  remained  open — the  former  for  five  mornings  and  two 
evenings,  the  latter  for  five  evenings  from  seven  to  nine  o’clock — the  entire 
burden  of  which  has  had  to  be  assumed  by  Dr.  Skillern  in  the  absence  of 
all  student  helpers.  In  addition,  Dr.  Hill  and  Dr.  Mitchell  have  given 
special  attention  to  the  care  of  babies — coming  to  the  Settlement  three 
afternoons  for  that  purpose  and  when  necessary  visiting  them  in  their 
homes. 

The  Board  of  Recreation  has  supplied  directors  for  the  playground — 
a man  and  woman  for  the  afternoon  and  evening  sessions. 

Through  the  generosity  of  Mrs.  J.  Bertram  Lippincott  and  Mr. 
Thomas  L.  Latta,  it  was  possible  to  have  the  floor  on  the  roof  relaid 
and  the  weekly  house  dances  have  been  continued  there  all  summer. 

The  experiment  of  conducting  a summer  Kindergarten  has  been  tried 
with  great  success  for  a six  weeks’  period,  one  of  the  resident  workers 
having  charge  of  it.  Another  summer  it  would  seem  worth  while  to  con- 
duct a summer  school  for  the  older  boys  and  girls. 

Flowers  and  vegetables  have  been  supplied  every  week  for  the  sick 
and  the  children  by  Miss  Frances  Chambers  and  the  Flower  and  Fruit 
Mission. 

Vacation  work  is  fortunately  a large  part  of  summer  work,  and  the 
friends  of  the  Settlement  are  fortunate  in  having  the  University  Camp  as 
an  old  camping  ground.  Twenty-seven  mothers,  sixty-one  children  under 
ten  years,  forty-seven  boys  and  forty-seven  girls  had  vacations  at  Green 
Lane,  at  which  time  one  or  more  of  the  settlement  staff  went  up  with 
them  for  two  or  three  days. 


UNIVERSITY  SETTLEMENT  PLAYGROUND 


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RESIDENT  WORKERS. 

Head  Worker,  Miss  Helen  Safford  Knowles. 

Assistant  Worker,  Miss  La  Rue  MacGowen. 

Assistant  Worker,  Miss  Alwildia  Chase. 

STUDENT  RESIDENTS. 

Gymnasium  Director,  Mr.  George  Rice  (October  to  June). 

Boys’  Club  and  Dramatics,  Mr.  M.  Edison  Husted,  T6  (October  to  June). 
Medical  Dispensary,  Mr.  Ralph  Chaney,  ’14  (October  to  June);  Mr.  Frank 
A.  Plum,  T5  (January  to  June);  Mr.  Clarence  McKee,  ’IS  (October  to  January). 

Dental  Dispensary  and  Assistant  Social  Service  Secretary,  Dr.  Andrew 
MacGowan  (October  to  May). 

Dental  Dispensary  and  Boys’  Work,  Dr.  Wm.  Hough  (June  to  August); 
Mr.  Walter  Dunlap,  ’IS  (August  to  October). 

Supervising  Physician,  Dr.  Penn-Gaskill  Skillern,  Jr. 

ALLIED  WORKERS. 

Kindergarten,  Miss  Sharp. 

Playground,  Air.  Holtzbauer,  Miss  Ramer,  Mr.  Long,  Miss  Heuscher. 

CALENDAR  OF  THE  YEAR 

Oct.  30 — Mothers’  Club  Hallow  E’en  party. 

Nov.  6 — Mothers’  Club.  Speaker,  Dr.  Abbey. 

Nov.  9 — Sunday  Conference.  Speaker,  Dr.  Kelsey. 

Nov.  20 — Mothers’  Club.  Speaker,  Miss  Thompson.  Subject,  Occupation  fo: 
Girls. 

Dec.  5 — Concert  by  the  Musical  Clubs  of  the  U.  of  P. 

Dec.  7 — Sunday  Conference.  Speaker,  Provost  E.  F.  Smith. 

Dec.  11 — Rummage  Sale. 

Dec.  23 — Junior  Club  Dance. 

Dec.  24 — Christmas  Tree  Party  for  University  Students  and  Volunteer 
Workers. 

Dec.  26 — Neighborhood  Christmas  Party  and  Play,  “Bethlehem,”  a Christmas 
Mystery. 

L>ec.  29 — Dutch  Supper  given  by  the  Evans  Club. 

Jan.  8 — Mothers’  Club  Party. 

Jan.  14 — First  House  Dance. 

Jan.  15 — Mothers’  Club.  Speaker,  Mrs.  Pierce,  Inspector  of  Department  of 
Highways. 

Jan.  18 — Sunday  Conference.  Speaker,  Rev.  John  McDowell. 

First  Neighborhood  Meeting.  Speaker,  Dr.  James  P.  Lichtenberger. 
Subject,  “Egypt.” 

Jan.  20 — Trish  Supper  given  by  the  Junior  Club. 

Jan.  25 — Neighborhood  Meeting.  Speaker,  Mr.  Bernard  J.  Newman.  Subject. 

“Some  Evils  of  Our  Present  Housing  Condition.” 

Jan.  29 — Mothers’  Club  Party. 

Feb.  1 — Sunday  Conference.  Speaker,  Dr.  Arthur  Holmes,  Dean  of  State 
College. 

Neighborhood  Meeting.  Speaker,  Dr.  Holmes.  Subject,  “Success.” 

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Feb.  5 — Mothers’  Club.  Speaker,  Miss  Yerkes,  Principal  of  the  Rudolph  S 
Walton  School.  Subject,  ‘‘The  Care  of  Young  Children.” 

Feb.  7 — Solomon  Grundy  Party  for  Volunteer  Workers. 

Feb.  8 — Neighborhood  Meeting.  Speaker,  Dr.  Taylor.  Subject,  “Pure  Food  ” 
Feb.  10 — Mothers’  Club.  Cooking  Demonstration  by  Mrs.  Anna  B.  Scott. 

Subject,  “Meat  Substitutes.” 

Feb.  11 — Social  Service  Banquet. 

Feb.  12 — Junior  Club  Smoker. 

Feb.  15 — Neighborhood  Meeting.  Speaker,  Mr.  Michael  Dorizas.  Subject.,  “The 
Balkan  Wars.” 

Feb.  19 — Cosmopolitan  Club  Banquet. 

Feb.  20 — Junior  Club  Dance. 

Feb.  21 — Children’s  Washington’s  Birthday  Party. 

Feb.  22 — Neighborhood  Meeting.  Speaker,  Mr.  S.  P.  Wetherill. 

Feb.  23 — Minstrel  Show  given  by  the  Junior  Club. 

Feb.  24 — Minstrel  Show  given  by  the  Junior  Club. 

Feb.  25— Junior  Club  Smoker. 

Feb.  26 — Mothers’  Club.  Miss  Jordan,  Cooking  Demonstration,  and  Mrs. 
Marburg,  Reader. 

Mar.  1 — Neighborhood  Meeting.  Speaker,  Dr.  Lingelbach.  Subject,  “Paris.” 
Mar.  5 — Mothers’  Club.  Speaker,  Miss  Marian  Rea. 

Mar.  8 — Neighborhood  Meeting.  Speaker,  Dr.  Crawford.  Subject,  “Rome.” 
Mar.  11-21 — Baby  Saving  Show  of  Child  Federation.  (Including  Baby 
Improvement  Contest.) 

Mar.  15 — Sunday  Conference.  Speaker,  Dr.  Horace  Carpenter. 

Mar.  20 — Tea  given  by  the  Woman’s  Advisory  Board  of  the  Child  Federation 
to  meet  Mayor  Blankenburg. 

Mar.  26 — Mothers’  Club.  Speaker,  Miss  Helen  Glenn.  Subject,  “Work  in  the 
Social  Service  Department  of  the  University  Hospital.” 

Mar.  29 — Neighborhood  Meeting.  Speaker,  Mr.  Bushnell.  Subject,  “The 
Olympic  Games.” 

Apr.  5 — Neighborhood  Meeting.  Speaker,  Miss  Mary  Marlatt.  Subject,  “The 
Passion  Play  at  Oberammergau.” 

Apr.  27 — Children  taken  to  Circus  on  Invitation  of  Gimbel  Brothers. 

May  1 — “Glacier  National  Park,”  by  Lawrence  Kitchell. 

May  3 — Cosmopolitan  Club  Conference  and  Supper. 

May  5 — Minstrel  Show. 

May  7 — Rummage  Sale. 

Mar.  12 — Children  taken  to  Wild  West  Show,  Invitation  of  “The  Evening 
Telegraph.” 

May  21 — Closing  Night  of  Winter  Season.  “Too  Many  Husbands,”  given 
by  Junior  and  Evans  Clubs. 

May  22 — Closing  Night  of  Winter  Season.  “Mrs.  Jarley’s  Wax  Works,”  by 
the  Mothers’  Club.  “Tom  Thumb’s  Wedding,”  by  the  Kinder- 
garten Children.  Folk  Dancing  by  Girls. 

July  3 — Patriotic  Dance. 

July  21 — Camp.  Boys  and  Mothers. 

Aug.  1 — Watermelon  Party  on  Roof. 

Aug.  8 — Camp.  Girls  and  Mothers. 

Aug.  18 — Camp.  Girls  and  Mothers. 

Aug.  26 — Camp.  Girls  and  Mothers. 

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SUMMER  SCHEDULE 


DAILY 

9-12  A.  M. — Dental  Dispensary,  Drs.  Hough  and  Dunlap. 

9-12  A.  M. — Kindergarten,  Miss  Chase. 

1-9  P.  M. — Playground  and  Showers,  Mr.  Long  and  Miss  Heuscher. 

7 P.  M. — Medical  Dispensary,  Dr.  Skillern  and  Miss  MacGowen. 

7.30  P.  M. — -Stamp  Savings  Bank  and  Camp  Registration. 

Monday,  Wednesday  and  Friday,  2 P.  M. — Baby  Clinic,  Drs.  Howard  K. 
Hill  and  Mitchell. 

Tuesday,  7 P.  M. — Dental  Dispensary,  Drs.  Hough  and  Dunlap. 

Thursday,  7 P.  M. — Dental  Dispensary,  Drs.  Hough  and  Dunlap. 

Saturday,  8.30  P.  M. — House  Dance. 

WEEKLY  SCHEDULE 

Monday,  4 P.  M. — Girls’  Gymnasium  Class,  Miss  Wood.  Cooking  Class, 
Miss  Van  Roden.  Play  Hour,  Miss  Barnes.  Boys’  Basketball  Practice,  Mr. 
Groves. 

4-6  P.  M. — Dental  Dispensary,  Dr.  MacGowan. 

7.30  P.  M. — Game  Room,  Messrs.  Husted,  Hauslein,  Welch.  Dental  Dis- 
pensary, Dr.  Wilcox.  Pool  Room.,  Messrs.  Armstrong  and  Meyer.  Boys’ 
Gymnasium  Class,  Messrs.  Rice,  Carroll  and  Horst.  Men’s  Study  Class,  Mr. 
Wood. 

8 P.  M. — Club  No.  1,  Cooking  and  Sewing,  the  Misses  Love.  Mothers’ 
Club,  Misses  Knowles,  Chase.  King,  Gardiner,  Bryant,  Daniels  and  Mrs.  Power. 

Tuesday,  4 P.  M.— Folk  Dancing  Class,  Misses  Schmoele,  Mattson  and 
Bement.  Cooking  Class,  Miss  Taylor.  Hand-work  Group,  Miss  Bomberger 
and  Mrs.  Hamberger.  Play  Hour,  Miss  Van  Roden  and  Miss  Mayhood. 
Boys’  Gymnasium  Class,  Messrs.  Rice,  Herridy  and  Beisser. 

Tuesday,  7.30  P.  M. — Game  Room,  Messrs.  Husted,  Hauslein,  Welch  and 
Armstrong.  Pool  Room,  Mr.  Meyer.  Men’s  Basketball  Practice,  Mr.  Rice. 
Women’s  and  Girls’  Study  Class,  Miss  Robins.  Cooking  Class,  Mrs.  Chase. 
Girls’  Gymnasium  Class,  Miss  Neilly. 

Wednesday,  4 P.  M. — Story  Hour,  Misses  Chase,  Morrow  and  Huch. 

4.45  P.  M. — Chorus,  Miss  Chase. 

4-6  P.  M. — Dental  Dispensary,  Dr.  MacGowan,  and  Mr.  Husted.  Stamp 
Savings  Bank,  Miss  Kelleher. 

7.30  P.  M.— Dental  Dispensary,  Mr.  Harrington.  Men’s  Study  Class,  Mr. 
Wood. 

8.30  P.  M. — House  Dance,  House  Residents. 

Thursday,  4 P.  M. — Kitchen  Garden  Class,  Miss  Conrad  and  Mrs.  Roberts. 
Cooking  Class,  Miss  Heuscher.  Play  Hour,  Mrs.  MacFarland.  Boys’  Gym- 
nasium Class,  Messrs.  Rice  and  Beisser. 

7.30  P.  M. — Game  Room,  Messrs.  Husted,  Hauslein,  Welch.  Pool  Room, 
Messrs.  Armstrong  and  Meyer.  Intermediate  Basketball  Game.  Brass  Class, 
Miss  Snowden.  Sewing  Class,  Miss  Robins.  Crocheting  Class,  Miss  Van 
Roden.  Evans  Club,  Miss  MacGowen.  Mothers’  Club,  same  as  Monday. 
Dental  Dispensary,  Mr.  Ecks. 

Friday,  4 P.  M. — Stereopticon  Pictures,  Miss  MacGowen  and  Miss 
Rudderow.  Dental  Dispensary,  Drs.  MacGowan  and  Dunlap. 

7.30  P.  M. — Dental  Dispensary,  Mr.  Ecks  and  Mr.  Curtis. 

8 P.  M. — Moving  Pictures,  Miss  MacGowen. 

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Saturday,  9-12  A.  M. — Dental  Dispensary,  Dr.  MacGowan. 

10-12  A.  M. — Sewing  School,  Miss  Taylor,  Miss  Kerr  and  Mrs.  Hamberger. 
10  A.  M. — Cooking  Class,  Miss  Heuscher. 

3 P.  M. — Basketball  Game,  Juniors. 

4-6  P.  M. — Stamp  Savings  Bank. 

7-9  P.  M. — Messers.  Huff,  Clark,  Ertel  and  Husted 
8.30  P.  M. — Junior  A.  C.  Basketball  Game. 

Sunday  afternoon — Miss  Knowles  at  home. 

3 P.  M. — Men’s  Chorus,  Mr.  Husted  and  Miss  Chase.  Junior  Club. 

8 P.  M. — Neighborhood  Meeting. 

WOMEN’S  SETTLEMENT  COMMITTEE 

Mrs.  J.  Bertram  Lippincott,  Chairman. 

Mrs.  John  Bach  McMaster. 

Mrs.  Charles  H.  Frazier. 

Mrs.  John  G.  Clark. 

Mrs.  Barton  C Hirst. 

Mrs.  George  W.  Norris. 

Mrs.  A.  C.  Abbott. 

Mrs.  Alfred  Stengel. 

SETTLEMENT  COMMITTEE  OF  FACULTY  TEA  CLUB 

Mrs.  John  Bach  McMaster,  Chairman. 

Mrs.  Richard  M.  Pearce. 

Mrs.  Janies  K.  Young. 

Mrs.  Kent  Packard. 

Mrs.  Edgar  Marburg. 

Mrs.  Edgar  F Smith. 

Mrs.  Samuel  F.  Houston. 

Mrs.  Emory  R.  Johnson. 

Mrs.  Harold  Pender. 


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Other  Forms  of  Service. 


NOON  TALKS  AT  GLASS  WORKS 

A series  of  ten-minute  noon  meetings  was  arranged  for  at  the  Fox 
Glass  Factory,  for  the  purpose  of  reaching  the  boys  and  young  men 
employed  there.  The  first  address  was  given  by  the  captain  of  the  ’Varsity 
Track  Team,  and  was  attended  by  sixty-seven  men  and  boys.  Twelve 
other  speakers  followed  at  weekly  intervals,  in  every  case  leaders  in  some 
College  activity.  The  whole  trend  of  the  series  was  to  urge  the  boys  to 
clean  living. 

THE  UNIVERSITY  BOYS’  CLUB 

Every  University  has  its  quota  of  small  boys  who  hang  around  the 
athletic  field,  the  dormitories  and  the  club  houses  with  an  attitude  of 
bravado  and  secret  imitation  of  the  students  in  all  of  their  practices. 
Unfortunately,  these  boys  are  most  likely  to  see  the  worst  side  of  Univer- 
sity life,  because  they  see  the  students  only  superficially  during  their  off 
hours.  During  the  past  year  several  students,  under  the  leadership  of 
the  Social  Service  Secretary,  gathered  together  the  boys  from  the  region 
back  of  Franklin  Field,  near  the  railroad  tracks,  and  organized  them  into 
a Boys’  Club,  meeting  on  Friday  evenings  in  the  basement  of  the  Wharton 
School.  They  have  been  instructed  in  the  principles  of  the  Boy  Scouts 
and  have  formed  close  friendships  with  some  of  the  best  students.  Nine 
of  them  were  taken  out  to  University  Camp  during  the  summer. 


WORK  IN  THE  EASTERN  STATE  PENITENTIARY 

Students  conducted  two  classes  of  the  foreign  inmates,  with  an 
enrollment  of  14  each,  on  Friday  afternoons  throughout  the  winter  in  the 
learning  of  the  English  language.  A series  of  illustrated  lectures  was 
given  to  different  groups  of  inmates  on  Saturday  afternoons,  as  follows: 


The  Argentine .' 

Mexico  

Norway  

China  

Bee  Culture  

Algeria  

The  Composition  and  Use  of  Concrete 

Venice  

Labrador  

The  Canadian  Rockies  

Panama  

Special  Lecture  to  Italian  Inmates  in  Italian 

Special  Lecture  to  Colored  Inmates 

Climbing  the  Matterhorn 


Mr.  Rittenhouse. 

Mr.  Casasus. 

Mr.  A.  H.  Lucas. 

Mr.  P.  T.  Lau. 

Dr.  E.  F.  Phillips. 

M.  Dorizas. 

Mr.  Mellon. 

Mr.  Hart. 

Mr.  L.  A.  Fallon. 

Mr.  Lucas. 

Mr.  Hayes. 

Mr.  Chiera. 

Mr.  T.  R.  Richardson. 
.Dr.  Hyde. 


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A CROUP  OF  STUDENTS  DOING  SERVICE  WORK 


COLUMBUS  PUBLIC  SCHOOL 

The  students  have  had  a share  in  the  Public  School  social  center 
movement  in  connection  with  Columbus  School,  Ninth  and  Carpenter 
Streets,  where  the  work  has  been  financed  by  former  Provost  C.  C. 
Harrison.  There  were  ten  classes  of  Italian  working  men,  with  an 
average  enrollment  of  15,  studying  the  English  language  and  two  classes 
preparing  for  naturalization.  Two  illustrated  talks  were  given  by  stu- 
dents. Another  student  taught  dancing  lessons,  and  there  were  in  all  24 
students  who  took  part  regularly  in  the  uplift  work  of  this  Italian  com- 
munity. 


CENTRAL  Y.  M.  C.  A. 

Through  the  Service  department  of  the  city  Y.  M.  C.  A.  we  have 
placed  a number  of  students  as  teachers  in  classes  of  English  in  different 
sections  of  the  city.  Students  in  this  way  are  being  brought  into  contact 
with  the  following  nationalities:  Italians,  Russians,  Jews,  Roumanians, 
Ruthenians,  Armenians,  Poles,  Lithuanians  and  Letts. 


STATIONARY  FIREMEN’S  UNION 

In  conjunction  with  the  Central  Y.  M.  C.  A.  a class  was  organized  in 
this  Union  for  the  study  of  steam  engineering,  which  was  carried  on  for 
part  of  the  winter  by  two  students  of  the  Engineering  School. 

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HOSPITAL  VESPER  SERVICES 

The  students  assist  in  the  religious  services  held  at  the  University 
and  Pennsylvania  Hospitals  on  Sunday  afternoons. 

SPEAKERS  AND  ENTERTAINERS 

About  40  students  were  sent  out  during  the  winter  to  25  churches, 
Y.  M.  C.  A.’s  and  other  organizations  to  give  entertainments  and  to  make 
addresses  on  a great  variety  of  subjects.  These  are  in  addition  to  the 
Penitentiary,  Glass  Factory  and  deputation  speakers. 

TEACHERS 

Twenty  classes  of  foreign  working  men  were  taught  English  and 
civics  during  the  winter.  Students  led  Bible  classes,  taught  gymnastics, 
took  charge  of  Boys’  Clubs  and  were  assistants  in  various  kinds  of 
religious  work. 


A STUDENT  REI.IGIOUS  TEAM 


RELIGIOUS  TEAMS  IN  NEARBY  CITIES  AND  TOWNS 

Students  capable  of  taking  the  lead  in  entertainments,  athletics,  Bible 
study,  Missions  and  Evangelistic  work  have  been  sent  out  in  teams  for 
week-ends  to  a number  of  carefully  selected  cities  and  towns  near  Phila- 
delphia during  the  past  winter.  These  visits  usually  begin  on  Friday 
evening  and  last  throughout  Saturday  and  Sunday.  The  local  arrange- 
ments are  generally  made  by  the  community  churches  or  a local  Y.  M. 
C.  A.  January  30,  31,  and  February  1 a team  of  five  students  visited 

t : 


Williamstown,  N.  J.,  holding  an  entertainment  on  Friday  night,  including 
moving  pictures  on  University  life,  working  among  the  boys  on  Saturday 
and  speaking  in  the  churches  and  at  a special  union  religious  meeting  on 
Sunday.  March  13,  14  and  15  a team  visited  Pitman,  N.  J.,  giving  an 
entertainment  on  Friday  afternoon,  getting  acquainted  with  the  boys  on 
Saturday  and  addressing  them  on  Sex  Hygiene  and  speaking  in  the 
Churches  and  at  a mass  meeting  on  Sunday. 

COATESVILLE,  MAY  8,  9,  10,  1914 

By  far  the  most  extensive  experiment  was  undertaken  in  the  visit 
of  23  University  men  to  the  city  of  Coatesville,  where  the  entire  com- 
munity was  reached  through  the  entertainments,  athletics  and  religious 
addresses.  On  Friday  night  the  entertainment  was  given  in  the  largest 
hall  in  the  city,  and  included  moving  pictures  on  life  at  Pennsylvania, 
together  with  a talk.  Saturday  morning  was  occupied  in  work  among 
boys  of  the  High  Schools  and  Saturday  afternoon  there  was  a baseball 
game  between  the  University  and  representatives  of  the  local  team. 
Saturday  night  was  given  up  to  anti-drinking  addresses,  given  from  auto- 
mobiles, by  the  students.  On  Sunday  all  of  the  churches  were  opened  to 
the  students  in  the  morning  and  evening,  and  special  evangelistic  meet- 
ings were  held  in  the  Y.  M.  C.  A.  and  Mission  buildings,  when  something 


over  300  men  and  boys  decided  to  accept  Christianity.  This  team  was 
very  successful  from  the  point  of  view  of  the  community,  and  those  who 
took  part  in  the  visit  were  most  enthusiastic  over  the  undertaking. 

As  a result  of  the  work  of  these  teams,  invitations  have  been  received 
for  visits  to  five  other  nearby  cities  and  towns,  including  Chester  and 
Wilmington. 

The  total  number  of  volunteers  placed  in  some  form  of  service  was 
280  students. 

STUDENT  EMPLOYMENT  BUREAU 

During  the  College  year  of  1913-14,  155  men  were  aided  by  the 
Employment  Bureau,  and  during  the  summer  approximately  eighty-five 
were  given  assistance.  These  figures  hardly  do  justice  to  the  Bureau,  in 
that  students  are  frequently  careless  about  reporting  after  they  have 
received  employment. 

Furthermore,  these  statistics  do  not  disclose  the  more  valuable  per- 
sonal work  done  by  the  Bureau,  through  the  securing  of  loans  for  espe- 
cially needy  students,  the  providing  of  others  with  clothes  and  the  general 
encouragement  given,  both  by  financial  help  and  advice,  to  those  who  are 
making  their  way  through  the  University  under  exceptional  handicaps. 
Unfortunately,  the  time  which  the  Secretary  could  give  this  work  and  the 
funds  at  his  disposal  are  so  limited  that  we  could  not  be  so  far-reaching 
and  effective  in  giving  help  as  we  would  wish. 

STUDENT  LOAN  LIBRARY 

Several  friends  of  the  University,  together  with  the  students  them- 
selves, have  donated  240  text-books  used  in  the  curriculum  courses,  which 
may  be  loaned  at  a nominal  rental  to  students  who  are  financially  unable 
to  purchase  their  own  books.  Last  year  fifty  books  were  loaned  to  thirty 
students  at  a rental  of  five  cents  each.  This  library  has  met  a real  need 
in  the  University. 


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boys’  tent  at  camp 


University  Camp 

GREEN  LANE,  PA. 

The  seventeenth  annual  camp  of  the  Christian  Association  was  held 
as  usual  on  the  beautiful  camp  site  of  sixty-four  acres  in  the  wild,  rocky 
valley  of  Swamp  Creek,  forty-three  miles  north  of  Philadelphia.  The 
equipment  of  the  camp  this  year  was  ideal,  consisting  of  ten  tents,  four 
boats,  athletic  field,  artesian  water  supply,  attractive  mess  pavilion,  sliding 
board,  giant  stride,  lodge  with  open  fireplace  for  mothers  and  children  and 
for  camp  fires  on  wet  evenings,  and  a cedar  bungalow  for  the  head- 
quarters of  the  women  workers.  Masses  of  rocks  arranged  by  nature 
herself  for  the  evening  camp  fires  completed  an  equipment  which  is  unex- 
celled for  camping  purposes. 

The  schedule  of  camps  this  year  were  as  follows : 


Date  Boys  Girls  Mothers  Children  Total 

June  30-July  10  81  8 13  102 

July  10-July  20  10  (Poles) 

(Foreign  Camp)  24  (Italians) 

7 (Letts) 

10  (Syrians) 

10  27  37  125 

July  21-July  30  69  14  23  106 

July  30-Aug.  8 71  13  10  91 


Total 


282  Boys 
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Aug. 

8-Aug. 

18 

75 

17 

40 

132 

Aug. 

18-Aug. 

26 

69 

17 

30 

116 

Aug. 

26-Sept. 

2 

53 

16 

53 

122 

282  197 

112 

206 

797 

The  religious  and  social  organizations  of  Philadelphia  which  used  the 
camp  this  year  were  as  follows : 


University  Settlement. 

University  Boys’  Club. 

University  Hospital  Social  Service. 
MediconChi  Social  Service. 

St.  Michael’s  Church. 

St.  Matthew’s  Church. 

St.  Mary’s  Church. 

North  House. 

Light  House. 

Brotherhood  of  St.  Andrew. 


Lutheran  Settlement  House. 
Southwark  Neighborhood  House. 
Master’s  Mission. 

Morton  Street  Boys’  Club. 

Polish  Boys’  Club. 

San  Christofer’s  Day  Nursery. 
Cohocksink  Mothers’  Club. 
Howard  Institution. 

Italian  Boys’  Club. 

Camp  Fire  Girls. 


Schedule  of  prices:  Seven-Day  Camp 


Ten-Day 

Camp 

Children 

Board 

Transp. 

Children 

Board 

Transp. 

Under  3 years 

. . .$0  00 

$0  00 

Under  3 years 

. .$0  00 

$0  00 

Between  3 and  10.. 

. ..  1 75 

55 

Between  3 and  10  years  2 50 

55 

Girls  under  16 

. . . 3 00 

55 

Boys  under  16 

. . 4 00 

55 

Girls  over  16 

, ..  3 00 

1 90 

Boys  over  16 

. . 4 00 

1 90 

Mothers  

. . . 3 00 

1 90 

Mothers  

. . 4 00 

1 90 

Guests  charged  25  cents  per  meal. 


These  charges  cover  the  actual  expenses  for  transportation  and 
board,  and  do  not  include  new  equipment  and  permanent  repairs.  A very 
considerable  number  of  carefully  selected  campers  were  taken  out  abso- 
lutely free  of  charge. 


THE  ORGANIZATION  OF  THE  BOYS’  CAMPS 


Director, 
T.  S.  Evans. 


Business  Manager. 
Dana  G.  How. 


Treasurer, 
Benj.  West  Frazier. 


Managing  Counselors, 

Channing  E.  Sweitzer,  P.  G.  Gordon  A.  Hardwick,  ’16  W. 

Earle  M.  Humphreys,  ’16,  A. 


Counselors, 


Le  Roy  Elwell,  ’14  W. 

Alexander  Randall,  ’17  C.  E. 
Nathan  P.  Arnold,  ’17  C. 
Bellinger  Dunham,  ’15  A. 

J.  L.  Hartman, 


Edgar  R.  Cope,  ’16  C. 
J.  Hartman  Fryer. 
John  H.  Rindge,  3d. 
P.  W.  Chen. 

T7  Vet. 


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THE  ORGANIZATION  OF  THE  MOTHERS’  AND  GIRLS’  CAMPS 


Managing  Counselor, 

Marguerite  W.  Jordan. 

Assistants, 

Mary  Beggs.  Margaret  Hannah. 

Irene  H.  Cobb,  Nurse. 

Twenty-four  volunteer  women  counsellors  assisted  with  the  mothers, 
girls  and  children  during  the  summer. 

Women’s  Camp  Committee, 

Mrs.  John  B.  Deaver.  Mrs.  H.  H.  Collins,  Jr. 

Mrs.  R.  White  Steele.  Mrs.  Barclay  Warburton. 

Mrs.  Norris  S.  Barratt.  Mrs.  S.  F.  Houston. 

Mrs.  Eli  K.  Price.  Mrs.  E.  L.  Roberts. 


THE  FARMHOUSE  AT  CAMP 


DAILY  SCHEDULE 

The  days  in  Camp  were  well  filled  with  instruction,  entertainments 
and  inspiration  from  the  first  call  of  the  rising  bugle  until  taps.  The 
actual  schedule  was  as  follows : 

7 A.  M. — Rising  Bugle,  followed  by  dip  in  the  creek. 

7.20  A.  M. — Flag  raising  and  singing  of  “My  Country  ’Tis  of  Thee.”  Set- 
ting up  exercises. 

7.30  A.  M. — Brief  devotions,  followed  by  breakfast. 

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9 A.  M. — Informal  talks  and  demonstrations  on  foods,  drinks,  rocks,  trees, 
sky,  first  aid,  sanitation,  pleasure  and  other  subjects. 

10  A.  M. — Tramps  with  counselors  into  wild  surrounding  country. 

10.30  A.  M. — Swimming  and  boating. 

12.30  P.  M. — Dinner. 

2.30  P.M. — Games  and  other  athletics. 

4 P.  M. — Swimming  and  boating. 

6 P.  M. — Supper. 

Dark. — Camp  fire,  around  which  campers  gather  for  plays,  minstrel  shows, 
songs,  talks  on  moral  subjects,  lectures  and  other  exercises. 

9 P.  M. — To  the  tents. 

9.30 — Taps. 

The  Sunday  program  was  varied  by  attendance  upon  community 
Church  services,  the  Camp  religious  service  at  9 o’clock,  and  by  very  per- 
sonal moral  and  religious  discussions  around  the  camp  fire  in  the 
evening. 

The  plan  of  modified  self-government  worked  out  by  the  managing 
counselors  proved  to  be  very  successful  and  popular.  There  was  a 
Camp  Congress,  consisting  of  three  counselors  and  one  representative 
elected  by  the  campers  from  each  tent.  To  this  Congress  was  referred  all 
matters  of  discipline  and  of  criticisms  in  the  Camp  management.  The 
campers  responded  most  heartily  to  this  plan  of  mutual  co-operation,  so 
that  the  difficult  problem  of  discipline  was  successfully  handled  with  very 
little  misunderstanding  between  counselors  and  campers. 

A new  feature  of  the  Camp  this  season  was  two  neighborhood  gather- 
ings, held  on  the  opening  and  closing  Sunday  afternoons  of  Camps.  At  the 
first  of  these  meetings  about  100  of  the  farmers  and  residents  of  nearby 
towns  assembled  at  Camp  to  meet  the  counselors  and  hear  of  the  plans  for 
the  summer.  At  the  closing  gathering,  held  on  Sunday  afternoon,  August 
30,  over  200  neighborhood  people  assembled  to  hear  addresses  by  the  lead- 
ing counselors,  giving  a report  of  the  work  of  the  summer  and  also  show- 
ing the  people  of  the  neighborhood  the  kind  of  influences  that  were 
brought  to  bear  on  the  campers.  These  assemblies  did  much  to  enlist  the 
sympathy  and  co-operation  of  the  entire  neighborhood  in  the  objects  and 
purposes  of  the  Camp. 


CAMP  COMMENTS 

The  general  testimony  of  the  campers  for  this  season  was  that  they 
had  had  a most  happy  and  profitable  time  throughout  the  entire  summer. 
One  lady  who  had  been  washing  dishes  all  summer  at  the  rate  of  $1.25 
a week,  testified  at  the  closing  camp  fire : “I  am  70  years  old,  and  these 
last  two  weeks  in  camp  have  been  the  happiest  in  my  life.”  It  should 
be  added  that  she  was  an  inspiration  to  all  the  campers  during  her  entire 

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visit.  Mrs.  Anna  B.  Scott,  to  whom  the  success  of  the  camp  is  so  largely 
due,  said : “I  have  never  spent  a summer  more  profitably  in  my  life,  and 
I only  hope  that  I can  be  more  useful  in  the  future.”  Every  student 
counselor  bore  testimony  to  the  wonderful  inspiration  which  had  come  to 
him  through  his  contact  with  the  Camp  during  the  season.  The  directors 
wish  to  testify  to  the  marked  efficiency  in  the  work  of  the  Business  Man- 
ager. It  was  a matter  of  great  satisfaction  that  financially  the  Camp  has 
been  able  to  meet  its  obligations  without  any  deficit.  The  directors  also 
wish  to  testify  to  the  fine  spirit  and  splendid  work  of  all  the  counselors 
throughout  the  entire  summer. 


UNIVERSITY  boys'  CLUB  ON  THE  SENIOR  FENCE. 


Recruiting  Students  for  Life  Service 

Mr.  J.  R.  Hart,  Jr.,  the  Secretary  in  charge,  reports  the  following 
summary  of  efforts  made  to  place  students  for  life : 

LIFE-WORK  MEETINGS  WITH. 

Mr.  George  Irving,  11  present. 

George  Sherwood  Eddy,  13  present. 

Wilbert  B.  Smith,  10  present. 

Bishop  W.  A.  Guerry,  9 present. 

J.  C.  Robbins,  1 Fraternity,  18  present. 

A.  C,  Harte,  1 Fraternity,  16  present. 

Dr.  W.  H.  Jefferys,  4 Fraternities,  12,  14,  18,  19  present. 

PERSONAL  INTERVIEWS  FOR  WORK  IN.  FOREIGN  FIELDS. 

Wilbert  Smith,  14  individuals. 

The  Secretary,  30  individuals. 

Dr.  W.  H.  Jefferys,  7 individuals. 

J.  C.  Robbins,  27,  6 decided  for  foreign  field. 

Personal  Interview  for  Ministry  by  Secretary,  10,  5 decided  favorably. 

The  Kansas  City  Convention  was  attended  by  13  Americans  and  5 Chinese. 
Eaglesmere  Student  Conference,  33  present. 

Banquet  for  Dr.  W.  T.  Grenfell,  who  appealed  for  life  service  in  Labrador. 
Dinner  for  Sherwood  Eddy.  Call  from  China,  80  students  present. 

Four  Student  Association  Secretaries  secured  for  next  year. 

Six  Social  Service  Workers  secured  for  next  year. 

One  Student  attended  Conference  on  the  Ministry  at  Union  Theological 


Seminary. 


CHAPEL  SPEAKERS  ON  LIFE-WORK. 


George  Irving. 
Robert  E.  Speer. 


Arthur  Rugh. 
A.  C.  Harte. 


G.  Sherwood  Eddy. 
Isaac  T.  Headland. 
Sir  Wilfred  Grenfell. 
Dan  Crawford. 


J.  C.  Robbins. 
W.  H.  Jeffreys 
D.  S.  Hanehett. 
J.  R.  Hart,  Jr 


Average,  350  students  in  attendance  at  each  service. 


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The  Eaglesmere  Intercollegiate  Conference 

As  an  outgrowth  of  the  Student  Bible  Conference  called  to  meet  at 
Northfield,  Mass.,  in  1889,  by  Mr.  D.  L.  Moody,  there  have  arisen  all  over 
this  country  and  throughout  the  entire  student  world  annual  gatherings 
of  students  for  the  purpose  of  fellowship,  study  and  inspiration. 

The  students  from  the  institutions  of  the  middle  Atlantic  section  met 
at  Eaglesmere,  Pa.,  this  year,  June  12  to  22. 

Pennsylvania  was  represented  by  the  following  members  of  the 
University : 


Robert  A.  Arrison. 

Stanley  Jones. 

Walter  Antrim. 

J.  A.  Morris  Kimber. 

John  M.  Clarke. 

Henry  Lewis,  Jr. 

R.  E.  Cleland. 

G.  M.  D.  Lewis 

J.  Russell  Doubman. 

M.  W.  Lampe. 

Bellinger  Dunham. 

William  D.  Miller,  Jr 

S.  P.  Davies. 

W.  R.  Maull. 

Michael  Dorizas^ 

J.  P.  E.  Price 

T.  S.  Evans. 

Alexander  Randall 

Robert  B.  Ferguson. 

Channing  Sweitzer. 

Gerhart  Faries. 

A.  J.  Smith. 

David  S.  Hanchett. 

Arthur  Tomey. 

John  R.  Hart. 

Harold  Whiteside. 

C.  R.  Hughes. 

E.  C.  Wood. 

Henry  Houston. 

Brinton  G.  Wallace. 

Earl  Humphreys. 

Z.  Zimmerman. 

Gordon  Hardwick 

Princeton  had  over  100  undergraduates  and  Penn  State  about  60. 

Pennsylvania  had  her  full  share  of  leaders  of  the  conference,  and 
made  a good  showing  in  the  track  athletics. 

As  usual,  the  ten  days  were  spent  in  Bible  and  Mission  Study,  with 
public  addresses  each  morning,  athletics  and  recreation  during  the  after- 
noon, and  life-work  addresses  each  evening  followed  by  the  delegation 
meeting  at  night. 

The  principal  speakers  were  Dr.  John  R.  Mott,  Dean  Shailer  Math- 
ews and  Mr.  T.  R.  Glover  from  England. 

The  course  on  Christian  Fundamentals,  by  President  W.  Douglas 
McKenzie,  of  Hartford  Seminary,  was  one  of  the  most  valuable  features 
of  the  conference: 

Some  testimonies  of  Penn  delegates  follow : 

Earle  Humphreys,  ’16  College,  University  Track  and  Cross-Country  Team. 
ex-President  of  his  class:  “If  we  are  not  out-and-out  Christian  workers  at  the 
University  next  year  we  are  cowards,  and  the  great  test  of  what  this  Confer- 
ence has  meant  to  us  will  come  next  year  and  will  show  in  our  work.” 

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work  which  it  is  doing  through  such  corporations  of  special  fields. 
Church  members  as  The  World’s  Student  Christian 


Robert  Ferguson,  15  M.  E.,  Intercollegiate  Champion  Hurdler:  “On  the 
trips  with  the  Track  Team  I have  always  tried  to  read  my  Bible,  pray  and 
tend  to  my  Christian  duties.  Sometimes  it  has  been  very  hard  to  do  it,  but 
as  a result  of  this  Conference  I honestly  believe  that  I can  always  do  it  in 
the  future,  and  do  it  better  than  I have  ever  done  before.” 

John  Clark,  ’17  College,  Member  of  the  Freshman  Basketball  and  Tennis 
Teams  and  the  “Pennsylvania”  Board:  “Before  coming  to  Eaglesmere,  I had 
decided  to  be  a lawyer.  The  Conference  has  changed  this  plan,  because  I now 
believe  that  it  will  be  in  another  line  that  I can  best  serve  God,  and  I am  wholly 
decided  to  spend  my  life  in  accordance  with  His  will.” 

Michael  Dorizas,  Representative  from  Greece  in  the  Olympic  games,  Inter- 
collegiate Wrestling  Champion,  Member  of  Track  Team:  “I  hope  and  believe 
that  this  Conference  will  help  all  of  us  to  be  more  faithful  in  our  prayers 
and  Christian  works,  and  then  we  shall  all  conserve  the  great  good  that  we 
have  received.” 

Henry  Lewis,  Jr.,  ’15  College,  Cross-Country  Squad,  Editor-in-Chief  of  the 
Class  Record:  “This  Conference  has  helped  me  greatly  in  deciding  my  life 
work,  in  addition  to  giving  moral  and  spiritual  strength.  I know  that  the 
University  has  felt  and  will  feel  the  results  of  having  33  men  attend  this 
Conference.” 

At  the  last  auditorium  meeting,  held  Sunday  night,  there  were  about 
40  men  who  arose  to  give  testimonies.  Dorizas,  H.  Lewis,  Jr.,  Price  and 
Sweitzer  of  the  Pennsylvania  delegation  were  among  this  number. 


The  Training  of  Leaders 

It  is  a wonderful  privilege  for  the  Penn  Association  to  have  vital 
touch  with  the  intercollegiate  consciousness  at  home  and  the  world  move- 
ment of  students  around  the  globe. 

The  leaders  of  this  national  and  international  student  Christian 
movement,  with  all  of  its  complex  problems,  demand  special  training, 
which  is  being  provided  in  most  democratic  fashion  in  the  summer  schools 
for  Secretaries  of  student  Christian  Associations.  These  schools  have 
been  held  twice  at  Lake  Forest,  111.,  and  during  the  summer  of  1913  at 
Estes  Park,  Colorado.  Pennsylvania  was  represented  at  this  school  by 
Dr.  M.  W.  Lampe,  J.  R.  Hart,  Jr.,  and  T.  S.  Evans. 

These  schools  last  for  a month  and  provide  the  most  thorough  train- 
ing in  student  Bible  Study,  Fundamentals  of  Religion,  Social  Service 
problems,  Church  History,  Religious  Pedagogy  and  the  latest  methods  of 
student  Association  work. 

During  the  summer  of  1914  a small  sectional  school  for  the  Eastern 
Secretaries  was  held  at  Williamstown,  Mass.,  when  Pennsylvania  was  rep- 
resented by  Dr.  M.  W.  Lampe. 


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I he  tenth  conference  of  this  Federation  was  held  at  The  principal  speakers  were  Bishop  Brent,  of  the  Philip- 

Lake  Mohonk,  N.  Y.,  in  June,  1913,  when  Pennsylvania  was  pines;  Prof.  D.  S.  Cairns,  of  Aberdeen;  Robert  E.  Speer 
represented  by  the  General  Secretary.  and  John  R.  Mott,  while  the  reports  from  Russia,  Germany, 

No  more  inspiring  gathering  of  students  has  ever  been  France,  Latin  America,  China  and  India  opened  up  a new 

world  of  need  and  opportunity. 


Finances 


The  University  of  Pennsylvania  receives  substantial  help  from  the 
State  in  its  educational  work,  but  it  is  wise  and  necessary  that  its  religious 
and  social  work  should  be  maintained  from  private  sources  under  a dis- 
tinct corporation. 

Acknowledgment  is  herewith  made  to  God,  the  Giver  of  all  good,  and 
to  the  many  friends  of  the  University  who  have  generously  provided  for 
the  moral  and  religious  welfare  of  the  students  through  their  gifts.  The 
following  accounts  have  been  duly  audited,  as  required  by  the  By-laws : 

REPORT  OF  TREASURER 

UNIVERSITY  DIVISION 

Receipts 

June  1,  1913,  Deficit $2,217  87 

Contributions : 

General  $16,723  48 

Special  1,745  59 

Miscellaneous  460  34 

— $18,929  41 


Disbursements 

$16,711  54 

Salaries  

$9,965  80 

Sunday  Services  

2,211  08 

Chapel  (Week  Days)  

384  07 

Student  Conferences  

1,261  64 

Postage,  Printing,  etc 

799  82 

Stenography  

1,135  81 

Employment  Bureau  

131  88 

Telephone  and  Telegraph  

144  37 

Miscellaneous  

971  63 

$17,006  10 

Deficit  May  31,  1914  

$294  56 

SOCIAL  SERVICE 

DIVISION 

Receipts 

Balance  Tune  1,  1913  

Contributions : 

General  

$9,389  70 

Special  

652  93 

Miscellaneous  

From  Camp  Account,  in  separating  that 

from 

643  08 

Settlement  Division  

2,978  08 

$13,663  79 

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$14,358  35 


Disbursements 


$5,027  56 
1,111  46 
578  08 
225  00 
359  17 
1,317  81 
574  16 
4,470  67 
1,921  26 

$15,585  17 


Deficit  May  31,  1914  $1,226  82 

SETTLEMENT  ROOF  SCHOOL 
For  Period  June  1,  1913,  to  May  31,  1914,  Inclusive 

Balance  June  1,  1913 $70  00 

Transferred  to  Clinic  Repair  Fund CO  00 


Balance  May  31,  1914 $10  03 

SETTLEMENT  LANTERN  FUND 
For  Period  June  1,  1913,  to  May  31,  1914,  Inclusive 
Balance  June  1,  1913,  and  May  31,  1914 $42  00 

WOMEN’S  CAMP  COMMITTEE  FUND 


For  Period  June  1,  1913,  to  May  31,  1914,  Inclusive 
Receipts 


Balance  June  1,  1913 $334  93 

Contributions  95  09 


Salaries  

Heat  and  Light  

Medical  and  Dental  Dispensaries  . . 

Mortgage  Interest  

Insurance  

Board  of  Resident  Workers  

Repairs  and  New  Equipment  

Camp  (Before  Separating  Accounts) 
Miscellaneous  


Disbursements  $429  93 

Expenditures  $14  00 

Transferred  to  Settlement  Fund  to  Reimburse  it  for  Ex- 
penditures   415  93 

$429  93 

CAMP  ACCOUNT 


For  Period  June  1,  1913,  to  May  31,  1914,  Inclusive 
Receipts 

Deficit  when  Camp  and  Settlement  Accounts  are  Separated $1,579  33 

Contributions  $1,613  99 

Campers  (Old)  27  00 

1,640  99 


$61  66 

Transferred  to  Settlement  Account  to  Reimburse  it  for  Expenditures 
made  1,529  17 


Deficit  May  31,  1914 


$1,467  51 


FOREIGN  DIVISION 

UNIVERSITY  MEDICAL  SCHOOL,  CANTON,  CHINA 

Receipts 

Balance  June  1,  1913  $1,249  43 

Contributions : 

General  $7,066  97 

Special  170  00 

Miscellaneous  1,231  17 

$8,468  14  ^ 


Disbursements 


Salaries  $4,365  64 

Traveling  Expenses  1,077  85 

Field  Running  Expenses  700  00 

Life  Insurance  Premiums 364  32 

Miscellaneous  429  24 


$9,717  57 


$6,937  05 


Balance  May  31,  1914 


$2,780  52 


HOSPITAL  BUILDING  FUND 


For  Period  June  1,  1913,  to  May  31,  1914,  Inclusive 
Receipts 


Balance  June  1,  1913:  $8,844  34 

Contributions  1,000  00 

Interest  on  Deposits  286  03 


Disbursements 

Payment  on  Account  of  Land  for  Building 


$10,130  37 
500  00 


Balance  on  Hand  May  31,  1914 


$9,630  37 


TRAVELING  EXPENSE  RESERVE  FUND 
Receipts 


Balance  June  1,  1913 $2,662  97 

Interest  on  Deposits 89  85 


Disbursements 

Transferred  to  Foreign  General  Maintenance  Account 


$2,752  82 
897  75 


Balance  on  Hand  May  31,  1914 


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$1,855  07 


CADBURY  BUILDING  FUND 
For  Period  June  1,  1913,  to  May  31,  1914,  Inclusive 
Receipts 

Balance  June  1,  1913  $5,733  25 

Interest  on  Bank  Deposits 172  67 

$5,905  92 

Disbursements 

Payments  on  Account  of  Building  $5,000  00 

Plumbing  459  08 

Stove  25  25 

5,484  33 

Balance  on  Hand  May  31,  1914 $421  59 

McCRACKEN  BUILDING  FUND 
For  Period  June  1,  1913,  to  May  31,  1914,  Inclusive 
Receipts 

Balance  June  1,  1913  $910  36 

Interest  on  Bank  Deposits 33  15 

Balance  on  Hand  May  31,  1914 $943  51 

HOWARD  HOUSE 

Balance  June  1,  1913 $25  00 

Transferred  to  “Shanghai  Fund” $25  00 

SHANGHAI  FUND 

Transferred  from  Howard  House $25  00 

Balance  May  31,  1914 $25  00 

LAUNCH  FUND 

Balance  June  1,  1913 $725  00 

Payment  on  Account  of  Launch  600  00 

Balance  on  Hand  Hay  31,  1914 $125  00 

CADBURY  SUPPORT 

Amount  Raised  $498  00 

Dr.  Cadbury’s  Salary  for  April,  May  and  June 252  51 

Balance  on  Hand  May  31,  1914 $245  49 

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HOSPITAL  EQUIPMENT 


Balance  June  1,  1913,  and  May  31,  1914 


$61  84 


SLACK  SUPPORT 


Amount  Raised  $127  00 

Printing  Circular  8 75 

Balance  on  Hand,  May  31,  1914 $118  25 


Benj.  West  Frazier, 

Treasurer. 


June  15,  1914. 

Dear  Mr.  Frazier: — 

Pursuant  to  your  request,  we  have  made  an  examination  of  the  books 
and  accounts  of  the  Christian  Association  of  the  University  of  Pennsylvania, 
Philadelphia,  Pa.,  conducting  the 

University  Activities,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

University  Settlement,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

University  Medical  School  in  Canton,  China. 

and  herewith  submit  our 


REPORT 

All  the  entries  in  the  Cash  Books,  representing  disbursements,  were  com- 
pared by  us  with  the  vouchers  for  same.  For  each  disbursement  a voucher, 
cancelled  check  or  receipted  bill  was  on  hand.  All  contributions,  as  shown 
by  the  contribution  book,  were  entered  under  their  proper  classifications  and 
all  other  receipts  were  found  to  be  properly  recorded. 

The  amount  of  bank  deposits,  as  shown  by  the  bank  pass  books,  agreed 
with  the  receipts  as  called  for  by  the  cash  books.  The  bank  pass  books  were 
balanced  as  of  June  1,  1914,  and  the  cancelled  paid  checks  returned  to  us. 
These  were  reconciled,  and  were  found  to  be  correct.  We  attach  hereto  a 
condensed  statement  of  the  Receipts  and  Disbursements  from  June  1,  1913,  to 
May  31.  1914,  inclusive. 

We  hereby  certify  that  the  statements  submitted  herewith  are  in  accord 
with  the  books  and,  in  our  opinion,  are  true  and  correct  exhibits  of  the  several 
accounts. 

Yours  respectfully, 

EDWARD  P.  MOXEY  & CO., 
Certified  Public  Accountants. 


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Proposed  Budget  for  1914-15 

UNIVERSITY  ACTIVITIES 

Chapel  $2,465  00 

Salaries  8,500  00 

Stenography  1,080  00 

Postage  (Including  Biennial  Report,  about  $100.) 450  00 

Telephone  and  Telegrams 150  00 

Office  100  00 

Printing  (S.  S.  and  General)  (Including  Biennial  Report, 

about  $300.)  900  00 

Conferences  200  00 

Refreshments  100  00 

Bible  Study  20  00 

Inter.  Comm.  Y.  M.  C.  A 100  00' 

Miscellaneous  40  00 

$14,105  00 

FOREIGN  DEPARTMENT 

Total  of  Budget 10,010  00 

SERVICE  DEPARTMENT 

Total  of  Budget 13,997  00 


Total  of  Three  Budgets 


$38,112  00 


Board  of  Directors 


University  Division 

Marshall  S.  Morgan, 

Chairman 
Provost  Edgar  F.  Smith 
Rev.Oliver  Huckel,S.T.D. 
Rev.  J.  W.  Cochran,  D.D. 
Rev.  G.  D.  Adams,  D.D. 
Rev.  F.  W.  Tomkins,  S.T.D. 
Frank  M.  Riter 

Associates 
Fred’k  L.  Clark 
R.  W.  Tunnell 


Service  Division 

Henry  H.  Eonnell 

Chairman 

Benj.  West  Frazier 
Howard  W.  Page 
Walter  H.  Thomas 
Thomas  L.  Latta 
Paul  Thompson 
Howard  K.  Hill,  M.D. 

Associates 
George  P.  Orr 
George  E.  Nitzsche 
S.  Price  Wetherill 
F.  W.  Allen,  D.D.S. 


Foreign  Division 
Geo.  Wharton  Pepper, 
Chairman 
Edward  C.  Wood 
T.  Comly  Hunter 
Charles  S.  Walton 
Samuel  F.  Houston 
Shippen  Lewis 
Henry  H.  Collins,  Jr. 

Associates 

Chas.  W.  Frazier,  M.D. 
Wm.  C.  Posey,  M.D. 
William  Guggenheim 

C.  J.  Hatfield,  M.D. 
Frederick  Fraley,  M.D. 
Prof.  Warren  P.  Laird 
M.  H.  Fussell,  M.D. 

H.  C.  Wood,  Jr.,  M.D. 

W.  H.  Jefferys,  A.M..M.D. 

D.  Robert  Yarn  all 
Samuel  Rhoads,  M.D. 


Officers 

Chairman,  Marshall  S.  Morgan. 

Treasurer,  Benj.  West  Frazier, 

Address:  Howard  Houston  Hall,  West  Philadelphia,  Pa. 


PROVOST  SMITH  LEADING  THE  CHAPEL  SERVICE 


